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Depleting Supplies, Drawing Lines: The Geopolitics Of Sand

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Post date June 12, 2024

A wheel loader transports gravel to the side dumps of the processing plant. Waltraud Grubitzsch/dpa/ZUMA

Global sand consumption has tripled in 20 years, to the point where the United Nations has called for countries to rethink their use of this “strategic resource” that is fueling tensions between states.

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