A draft report of a strategic analysis of the mining of industrial silica sand, also called “frac sand,” was released in June 2016 by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The study ...

What is “sand mining” and why is it bad for the environment? – O.H., via email Answer: Sand mining, extracting sand from the earth, is the second most widespread human activity in marine environments, ...

Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) -- There's a battle being fought in the bay that's hidden from view. That's because the battle lines are drawn deep underwater. One wouldn't know it just by walking along the ...

It is extraordinary how few people know anything about sand mining. Up to 50 billion tonnes of sand and gravel are mined each year to meet soaring demand from construction and land reclamation – ...

The world consumes gargantuan quantities of sand for all kinds of things, which along with related materials like gravel and crushed rock, accounts for 85% of all mineral extraction on Earth. A new ...

From Shanghai to Seattle, the world’s cities are built on sand - massive amounts of sand. It’s in the cement and concrete that make the bulk of most buildings. The glass in those buildings’ windows is ...

The California Coastal Commission and an international cement company on Tuesday announced a proposed settlement that would end the mining of coastal sand in Monterey County — the last operation of ...

A meeting on Maui called for more protections of sand where iwi is known to be buried in addition to a temporary ban on sand exports from the Valley Isle. Always Investigating exposed the lucrative ...

Demand from Bangladesh’s construction industry for sand has led to a boom in unregulated and illegal mining from rivers, activists say. An estimated 60-70% of the mined sand in the country is assumed ...

Transnational security investigator Abdelkader Abderrahmane set out from the Moroccan city of Kenitra with two research assistants to inspect sand-mining sites on the Atlantic Ocean coast. They drove ...