{"id":1401,"date":"2023-09-21T15:37:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T15:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homerunresources.com\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2023-09-28T03:31:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T03:31:44","slug":"the-energy-transition-is-running-low-on-high-purity-silica-sand-the-elephant-in-the-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homerunresources.com\/pt\/the-energy-transition-is-running-low-on-high-purity-silica-sand-the-elephant-in-the-room\/","title":{"rendered":"A transi\u00e7\u00e3o energ\u00e9tica est\u00e1 acabando com a areia de s\u00edlica de alta pureza: o elefante na sala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To view full article, click this link:  <a href=\"https:\/\/rockstone-research.com\/index.php\/en\/research-reports\/6116-The-Energy-Transition-is-Running-Low-on-High-Purity-Silica-Sand-The-Elephant-in-the-Room\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/rockstone-research.com\/index.php\/en\/research-reports\/6116-The-Energy-Transition-is-Running-Low-on-High-Purity-Silica-Sand-The-Elephant-in-the-Room<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/homerunresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/HomerunResourcesSilicaSandBrazil4s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/homerunresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/HomerunResourcesSilicaSandBrazil4s.jpg 624w, https:\/\/homerunresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/HomerunResourcesSilicaSandBrazil4s-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Did you know that the global daily demand for sand is around&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/graphics\/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT\/SAND\/ygdpzekyavw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">18 kg per person<\/a>&nbsp;on average? That\u2018s about 6,570 kg per year \u2013 more than an elephant\u2019s weight in sand. This makes sand the world\u2018s most mined material, with some 50 billion tonnes extracted every year. As you know, sand comes in many colors. Impurities like iron give it a yellowish tint. When the quartz grains are almost pure and not much mixed with other particles, we get white-colored sand. And that\u2018s the type of rare sand the world needs to make the energy transition a success. It\u2018s called high-purity (quartz) silica sand and is used for the production of solar panels, wind turbine blades and many other high-tech products like smartphones, TV screens and fibre optics. Alarmingly, we are running out of high-purity silica sand.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To view full article, click this link: https:\/\/rockstone-research.com\/index.php\/en\/research-reports\/6116-The-Energy-Transition-is-Running-Low-on-High-Purity-Silica-Sand-The-Elephant-in-the-Room Did you know that the global daily demand for sand is around&nbsp;18 kg per person&nbsp;on average? That\u2018s about 6,570 kg per year \u2013 more than an elephant\u2019s weight in sand. This makes sand the world\u2018s most mined material, with some 50 billion tonnes extracted every year. 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