As if it wasn’t enough to have lumber, windows, doors, and metal pipe in short supply, you can add sand, which is theoretically plentiful on Earth, to the list of construction materials that can be ...

A global shortage of construction-grade sand is reshaping coastlines, destabilizing ecosystems, and putting activists in the ...

I needed a few bags of sand for a small home project. When I checked at the hardware store, though, I was surprised to learn that there were a number of choices, sand wasn’t just sand. I could buy ...

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman dreams of building two 100-mile-long skyscrapers in the desert, a pair of mirror-encased, parallel lines running through the sand. The project, appropriately dubbed ...

The supply of fine Ganga sand – popularly known as white sand – has hit bottlenecks as a result of the rackdown on illegal mining or delay in clearing post-monsoon settlements, resulting in ...