In Cambodia, sand mining has become a popular industry to support concrete production. The influx of sand is threatening the homes of thousands who live along the country's water ways. The collateral ...

Environmentalists have long fretted about soaring global demand for sand. It is used to make the concrete that is being poured into the world’s expanding cities, often at the expense of vital ...

Fishermen in Koh Sralau, Cambodia say illegal sand mining is hurting fish stocks. Sand mining, where earth is removed from Cambodia and shipped to Singapore, is hurting the environment and local land ...

A new crop of factories requires roads, and that means sand. To keep up, the country is importing from Cambodia on a massive scale. When President Donald Trump launched his first trade war with ...

Since the early 20th century, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been dredging the Mississippi River annually to keep the channel open for boats, ships and barges. Each year, the Corps removes about ...

Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open for barge traffic.

Dear Answer Man, how many barges a day pass through the lock and dam at Red Wing? How would the number of barges on the river be affected by the expansion of the Red Wing port to accommodate frac sand ...

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A barge being used to create an artificial reef to mark a South Florida city from the air got stuck in the sand, stalling the project. Deerfield Beach spokeswoman Rebecca ...

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A barge being used to create an artificial reef to mark a South Florida city from the air got stuck in the sand, stalling the project. Deerfield Beach spokeswoman Rebecca ...