All the major building materials - concrete, bricks, glass, are made using sand. Exploding population numbers and the knock on need for development have made sand the second most used natural ...

Researchers have developed a breakthrough method to turn lunar and Martian sand into strong building materials. This innovation could revolutionize space exploration by allowing future colonies on the ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have uncovered a method to transform Martian and lunar sand ... enable the ...

That strain is not from increasing demand for gold, diamonds, or copper, but for sand, the primary material for construction and hence for economic development. Concrete and glass are made mostly of ...

After all, sand covers vast expanses of beaches and deserts across the world. Yet the raw material is used in giant quantities in construction and manufacturing. In the building sector alone ...

Nguyen Quang Hiep, Director of the Institute of Building Materials, pointed out that many production sectors primarily ...

Cement prices have dropped by 15 per cent on average, and steel prices saw a slight decrease of 1 per cent. However, labour ...