How #Saudi tech is addressing the lack of #construction #sand

source: https://www.agbi.com/construction/2023/12/how-saudi-tech-is-addressing-the-lack-of-construction-sand/

However 95 percent of the sand on #Earth, including the vast sands of the Arabian Peninsula, is unsuitable due to its fine particle size.

This means riverbeds across the world are over-mined, causing pollution and flooding, while also shrinking aquifers and deepening droughts.

#news #science #Arabia #dessert #environment #climate #building #co2 #concrete

How Saudi tech is addressing the lack of construction sand | AGBI

ClimateCrete, a technology developed in Saudi Arabia, aims to significantly increase the use of desert sand in concrete manufacturing

^{Neil Perry (Arabian Gulf Business Insight)}