Sand & gravel: Relationships

Every element and industry that Sand & gravel is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

• Cement: Concrete is mostly aggregate held together by cement, roughly 5 to 6 tonnes of aggregate for every tonne of cement, so the two are consumed together and share the construction cycle; in India, river sand rules make aggregate supply a tighter constraint than cement. (researched)
• Building materials: Building materials depends on sand & gravel.
• Construction and infrastructure: Construction and infrastructure depends on sand & gravel.
• Construction chemicals: Their prices have moved together.
• Crushed stone: Their prices have moved together.
• Energy in farming: Their prices have moved together.
• Kaolin & clays: Their prices have moved together.
• Public administration, defence and security: Public administration, defence and security depends on sand & gravel.
• Real estate: Real estate depends on sand & gravel.
• Telecommunications: Telecommunications depends on sand & gravel.
• Water and sanitation: Water and sanitation depends on sand & gravel.