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Sharp sand, also known as grit sand or river sand and as builders' sand, concrete sand, or ASTM C33 when medium or coarse grain, is a gritty sand used in concrete and potting soil mixes or to loosen clay soil [1] as well as for building projects. It is not cleaned or smoothed to the extent recreational play sand is. It is useful for drainage. [2]
In 2023, the aggregate industry in the United States mined and sold 1.5 billion tons of crushed stone valued at more than $24 billion and 920 million tons of construction sand and gravel valued at $11 billion. [1] [2] There are thousands of aggregate-producing companies in the US, operating in each of the 50 states, and employing 105,000 people.
Stringfellow Acid Pits a former rock quarry in Jurupa Valley in Riverside County, California, which became a toxic waste dump and later a Superfund site. Deemed one of the most polluted sites in California in 1980s, and associated with mismanagement and scandal in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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This is a list of types of sandstone that have been or are used economically as natural stone for building and other commercial or artistic purposes. Trans-regional [ edit ]
In October 2014, the company acquired CRS Proppants LLC, a frac sand supplier, for $225 million. [6] In February 2017, the company acquired a cement plant in Fairborn, Ohio from Cemex for $400 million. [7] In May 2024, the company began expanding its cement plant in Laramie, Wyoming. [8]
Bess Kaiser suggested the name for the medical program at the shipyards, which after the War were made available to the public, becoming the Kaiser Permanente Health Plan. [30] The shipyards, steel plant in Fontana, CA and magnesium productions facilities operated as the Permanente Metal Corp. after Todd left Todd-California Shipbuilding Corp.
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