Due to the rapid growth of urbanization as well as economic growth in East Asia, the demand for buying sand has increased, so that since the beginning of 2000, China has used more sand than America every three years, and this amount of use is more than the entire century
The total annual consumption of Sand in the world is approximately 53 billion tons, if we consider this figure for people on the planet, each person uses 20 kilograms of sand daily. Due to the rapid growth of urbanization as well as economic growth in East Asia, the demand for buying sand has increased, so that since the beginning of 2000, China has used more sand than America every three years, and this amount of use is more than the entire century. It was the twentieth century.
Sand is mined all over the world and accounts for the largest volume of solids mined worldwide. These materials, created by erosional processes over thousands of years (John, 2009), are now being extracted at a rate far exceeding their renewal. Sand is the only commodity that has the largest volume among Minerals and metals. About 85% of the materials extracted from mines are gravel, sand, or a combination of these materials. Sand is the most widely used material after water and is used in almost every construction process, it is even used in toothpaste.
There is no control over it despite the mining activities becoming bigger and turning commodities into a commercial commodity with a large volume. According to the report of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in 2014, the consumption of sand is estimated between 47 and 59 billion tons, which is based on the statement of the representative of this organization. We can tell from the Cement consumption to the sand used. Each ton of cement requires 6 to 7 times the amount of sand production.