Homerun Resources, Inc., mines silica quartz sand in Bahia, Brazil. Samples of the sand are sent to UC Davis for research into purification and creating high-grade silica carbide. (Courtesy of Homerun ...

The metabolic activity and growth of phytoplankton taxa drives their ecological function and contribution to biogeochemical processes. We present the first quantitative, taxon-resolved silica ...

A prefeasibility study (PFS) has confirmed a possible long-life silica sand project producing high-quality silica sand for the booming Asia-Pacific glass manufacturing markets supplying the solar ...

Rwanda could become a significant player in the glass manufacturing value chain, supported by an estimated 73 million tonnes of silica-rich sand reserves spread across the country according to Rwanda ...