Aggregate means crude, gritty substances such as gravel, crushed stones, clay sand, and marl. This kind of mining is mostly used in constructing roads, buildings, infrastructures, and other places. In this kind of mining, aggregates can be the base materials or mixed into an amalgamation like concrete., roads, dams, and other infrastructure as a base material or in a composite material such as concrete.
People usually extract sand and gravel from the same place as they occur together naturally. Alluvial deposits are the depositions of sand and gravel from water bodies. They are found in plains, valleys, etc. In India, there is a huge demand for aggregate mining.
