is deemed to be ‘sand, gravel and rock, with some exceptions’. Currently, 240 million tonnes of aggregate is extracted annually, more than any other mineral – one reason why there is such a ...

Deep beneath vast fields that grow a dozen varieties of potatoes lies a valuable gray rock tinged with light browns and blues. The rock is hard, durable and dense, part of the 400-million-year-old ...

Millennia ago, departing glaciers left giant trails of rock in their wake, a few miles from what is now Rebecca Susag’s hobby farm in rural Douglas Township. Susag almost wishes they hadn’t. The ...

DUPONT, Pierce County — Mammoth front-end loaders chomp 30-ton bites of gravel from the steep face of Glacier Northwest’s giant open-pit mine, working 16 hours a day to help feed the region’s ...

Gravel and rocks can be used to add color and texture to your landscaping, are usually affordable, and can often be laid as a DIY project, so you save even more money. These paths are extremely ...

Robert Deer, CEO of Quaqtaq’s Tuvaaluk Landholding Corporation, points to a heap of crushed rock on the outskirts of the community. Gravel, a construction-critical resource in the North, is ...

ANDREW: CASS COUNTY NEBRASKA HAS SUDDENLY BECOME A BEDROCK ACTIVITY FOR FLOOD RECOVERY. NEAR PLATTSMOUTH, CREWS FROM BOTH UNION PACIFIC AND BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTE FE RAILROADS WERE BUSY ASSESSING ...