| The Auckland region is a major consumer of sand resources extracted from various sites with the Te Uri o Hau area of interest. In 2005 the Trust established a joint venture company, Sandglass Ltd, that will require some investment in year one, but is expected to produce positive revenues by 2007.
Sand is primarily utilised as a fine aggregate in the production of concrete products and structures, but also to provide sand for beach renourishment projects such as at Auckland’s Mission Bay.
The dominant use of sand is for concrete manufacture and the specifications are an important determinant of the sand extraction site. The sand extracted tends to be fine to medium grain and generally well sorted.
The Trust has adopted the view of its beneficiaries who desire operations for sand extraction to move to land-based extraction techniques and has built that into their future planning.
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