The global demand for industrial quartz sand will increase by 5.6% annually, up to 289 million metric tons by 2018. Quartz sand can be used as a raw material for glass industry besides the sports field, but it will be better to choose different quartz sand products.
China is still the leading consumer of quartz sand, and by 2018 China is expected to remain the leading consumer of quartz sand, accounting for 1/3 of global demand. China's huge glass industry, is also the world's largest, will continue to strengthen the doors and windows, electronic display panels, photovoltaic panels and other flat glass products, the consumption of industrial sand. Chinese glass bottle industry (especially liquor bottles) production increased, will further promote the sales of quartz sand. In India, foundry activities will move forward at a healthy pace, stimulating the manufacture of automobiles, machine tools, wind turbines, and other metal castings for quartz sand mold requirements. Due to the rapid growth of glass products, metal casting and hydraulic fracturing activities, it is expected that Indonesia's quartz sand industry sales will be strong growth by 2018.
Hydraulic fracturing in North America is driving growth, and demand for North American quartz sand is expected to be faster than elsewhere. Consumption growth in the United States and Canada will support regional growth and expand their hydraulic fracturing sectors in these countries. Continued oil field activity in the United States will stimulate demand for quartz sand proppant and increase the number of fracturing stages for each well. The consumption of quartz sand in Western Europe, despite a rebound from the 2008-2013 year decline, is expected to increase with a steady annual rate of return. These areas of construction, construction and manufacturing activities, including the revival of a flat glass production, will stimulate the demand for industrial sand.
Quartz sand is designed for the production of sports venues lawn special products, with high hardness, big ratio, uniform particle size, small edges and corners, natural color and so on. In the artificial lawn, when the quartz sand is laid, the quartz sand is hidden at the root of the grass silk, so as to protect the grass silk. Then spread the rubber particles evenly over the surface of the quartz sand. The thickness of quartz sand and rubber particles varies according to the height of the lawn, requiring rubber particles to be about 10mm lower than the grass silk surface. Artificial turf quartz sand specifications should be rounded, in order to maximize the protection of grass, and now some sports use some broken stones and sand, and gravel are sharp, yellow with a lot of debris, undoubtedly is a great damage to the turf. Only by choosing the right materials can the ideal effect be achieved.
