Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ingredient in concrete, while high-purity silica sand is essential for making the ...

Mammoth Grove Mine was approved by Polk Commission on March 17 despite a previous denial by the planning commission and ...

New data from the newly launched platform Marine Sand Watch suggest that the dredging industry is extracting about 6 billion tons of sand from the marine environment annually. Experts say the ...

BOSTON − Activists seeking a moratorium on sand and gravel mining operations in southeastern Massachusetts delivered a petition to Beacon Hill leaders Tuesday demanding action from Gov. Maura Healey ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — After several years ...

Hyderabad: Turning the tables on the Bharat Rashtra Samithi which demanded that a House panel be constituted to look into allegations that 'Raghav Constructions', owned by the family of ...

A sand mining operation in southwest Citrus County has been running without the required environmental permit from the ...

Rajasthan is grappling with a significant sand shortage as the mining auction process is hindered by bureaucratic delays and ...

Illegal sand mining is rampant along the Saberi riverbed in Koraput, with tipper trucks operating openly. Activists allege a ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — After several years of public pushback, the San Diego County Planning Commission will revisit a controversial proposal to convert the Cottonwood Golf Club in East County into ...