Sand mining involves extracting sand and minerals from the seabed by dredging. Sand is the planet’s most mined material. Sand mining and dredging is critical to infrastructure development around the globe. It’s in the cement and concrete that make the bulk of most buildings. The dredged materials are pumped to stock pile or processing or separation plant to extract the minerals from the sand.
The ectmarine cutter suction or plain suction are ideal for sand mining. If the material is free floating a plain suction dredger can be considered. The cutter suction dredger is the best solution if it’s a hard soil type of material.
ECTMarine can design dredges to fit special requirements. Instances where customization is required are in case of tender where the specification is dictated in detail or if the dredging is done in environments/ circumstances that demand certain features.
