Used in fracking, here is the Wall Street Journal on the demand for sand:
“The tightening market has already sent prices marching toward $40 a ton or more, by some estimates, up from $15 to $20 a ton in the second half of 2016. Increasing sand orders are also raising demand for railcars and trucks to transport it from mines in states like Wisconsin to shale fields in Texas and Oklahoma.”
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