History

Global demand for sand spawned a worldwide boom in illegal mining (2015)

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First rank

21

Best rank

13

Last rank

30

Observations

64

First seen

1787936894

Last seen

1787970712

Missing captures

3

Milestones

1

Top is rank 1. Gaps between captures are not reconstructed.

1. Rank 30

   58 points · 24 comments · observed 1787970712

2. Rank 30

   58 points · 24 comments · observed 1787970350

3. Rank 30

   57 points · 24 comments · observed 1787968890

4. Rank 29

   57 points · 24 comments · observed 1787968526

5. Rank 28

   57 points · 24 comments · observed 1787968163

6. Rank 28

   57 points · 24 comments · observed 1787967801

7. Rank 27

   57 points · 24 comments · observed 1787967438

8. Rank 27

   57 points · 24 comments · observed 1787967076

9. Rank 28

   57 points · 24 comments · observed 1787966709

10. Rank 27

    57 points · 24 comments · observed 1787966340

11. Rank 28

    57 points · 24 comments · observed 1787965968

12. Rank 28

    57 points · 24 comments · observed 1787965605

13. Rank 28

    56 points · 24 comments · observed 1787965219

14. Rank 28

    55 points · 24 comments · observed 1787964848

15. Rank 29

    54 points · 24 comments · observed 1787964477

16. Rank 29

    54 points · 24 comments · observed 1787964108

17. Rank 30

    53 points · 24 comments · observed 1787963747

18. Rank 28

    53 points · 24 comments · observed 1787963372

19. Rank 26

    53 points · 24 comments · observed 1787963004

20. Rank 26

    52 points · 24 comments · observed 1787962634

21. Rank 25

    52 points · 24 comments · observed 1787962265

22. Rank 24

    52 points · 23 comments · observed 1787961896

23. Rank 23

    52 points · 23 comments · observed 1787961520

24. Rank 23

    52 points · 23 comments · observed 1787961152

25. Rank 24

    52 points · 22 comments · observed 1787960780

26. Rank 24

    52 points · 22 comments · observed 1787960412

27. Rank 24

    52 points · 22 comments · observed 1787960046

28. Rank 22

    52 points · 22 comments · observed 1787959671

29. Rank 22

    52 points · 22 comments · observed 1787959302

30. Rank 21

    52 points · 22 comments · observed 1787958930

31. Rank 23

    51 points · 22 comments · observed 1787958559

32. Rank 21

    51 points · 22 comments · observed 1787958188

33. Rank 22

    50 points · 22 comments · observed 1787957816

34. Rank 22

    50 points · 22 comments · observed 1787957436

35. Rank 23

    49 points · 22 comments · observed 1787957059

36. Rank 23

    48 points · 22 comments · observed 1787956680

37. Rank 22

    48 points · 22 comments · observed 1787956300

38. Rank 23

    48 points · 22 comments · observed 1787955926

39. Rank 23

    48 points · 20 comments · observed 1787955550

40. Rank 23

    47 points · 19 comments · observed 1787954739

41. Rank 22

    47 points · 19 comments · observed 1787954162

42. Rank 21

    46 points · 18 comments · observed 1787953214

43. Rank 23

    44 points · 16 comments · observed 1787952283

44. Rank 23

    44 points · 16 comments · observed 1787951602

45. Rank 21

    44 points · 15 comments · observed 1787950854

46. Rank 18

    43 points · 15 comments · observed 1787949983

47. Rank 17

    42 points · 14 comments · observed 1787948890

48. Rank 17

    37 points · 12 comments · observed 1787948012

49. Rank 16

    37 points · 12 comments · observed 1787947623

50. Rank 17

    34 points · 11 comments · observed 1787947223

51. Rank 15

    33 points · 11 comments · observed 1787946831

52. Rank 15

    32 points · 10 comments · observed 1787946438

53. Rank 14

    32 points · 10 comments · observed 1787946055

54. Rank 13

    31 points · 9 comments · observed 1787945361

55. Rank 14

    28 points · 9 comments · observed 1787944500

56. Rank 13

    25 points · 8 comments · observed 1787943674

57. Rank 14

    23 points · 8 comments · observed 1787942859

58. Rank 15

    22 points · 7 comments · observed 1787941984

59. Rank 14

    22 points · 7 comments · observed 1787941402

60. Rank 14

    19 points · 2 comments · observed 1787940213

61. Rank 18

    17 points · 1 comments · observed 1787939786

62. Rank 17

    14 points · 0 comments · observed 1787938734

63. Rank 22

    7 points · 0 comments · observed 1787937746

64. Rank 21

    5 points · 0 comments · observed 1787936894

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