Karnataka's Home Minister, G Parameshwara, reveals the involvement of influential figures from multiple parties in illegal ...

Southampton Town officials have launched an environmental review of their proposal to phase out sand mines near residential areas over a seven-year period. The legislation, introduced in late October, ...

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 ...

In an effort to prevent further harm to the environment, one lawmaker in the Philippines is proposing a sweeping ban on the mining of black sand. The move would not only ban mining activities but also ...

CHICAGO (June 8) – A new Policy Study from The Heartland Institute shows industrial sand mining has been “a significant driver of economic growth across the Upper Midwest.” If done in an ...

The first time Sumaira Abdulali tangoed with the sand mafia, it was 2004. She was 43 years old and enjoying time with her husband and two kids at the family’s holiday home on the western coast of ...

I, along with thousands of other Minnesotans, have signed the Land Stewardship Project petition urging Gov. Mark Dayton to enact a two-year moratorium on frac-sand mining in southeastern Minnesota, ...

SAND LAKE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Rensselaer County Women for Change voiced its opinion Monday on the proposed expansion of mining for gravel in the town of Sand Lake. The group strongly opposed the mining, ...

The state has denied requests from local officials and residents to further study the health effects of silica sand mining. About 60 silica mines and 32 processing plants are operating in Wisconsin.

Indonesia will resume exporting sand dredged from the sea, commonly used in reclamation projects, ending a 20-year ban. Environmental activists and marine experts have criticized the policy, saying ...