Industrial Sand Production Rose 33 Percent in 2017

In 2017, U.S. apparent consumption of industrial sand and gravel was 100 million tons, a 33 percent increase from the previous year, owing primarily to increased activity in the oil and gas sector. Production – valued at about $3.5 billion – was produced by about 200 companies from 340 operations in 35 States, according to USGS Mineral Commodity Specialist Thomas…

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Sand and Gravel Production Down in First Quarter

The estimated U.S. output of construction sand and gravel produced and shipped for consumption in the first quarter of 2017 was 165 Mt, a decrease of 4 percent compared with that of the same period of 2016. The revised estimated annual output produced for consumption in 2016 was 945 Mt, a slight increase compared with the annual output for 2015.…

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