HOUSTON (Reuters) - Fracking, the latest craze in the quest to produce oil and gas, has been blamed for environmental problems ranging from flammable tap water to minor earthquakes. Now a new risk is ...

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

A Bexar County frac sand mining business that landed in bankruptcy earlier this year amid a dispute among its owners is poised to resume operations after a judge approved a reorganization plan.

(RTTNews) - Sandvik (SAND.ST) has received a major underground mining equipment order from the China-based global mining contractor JCHX Mining Management Co., Ltd., to be used at the Khoemacau Copper ...

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Covia, a leading provider of mineral-based and material solutions for a range of Industrial markets, today announced that it has completed the previously announced ...

The Sand Land mine near Southampton sits on top of a protected groundwater area that environmental activists fear could be harmed by the operation. By Hilary Howard The Sand Land mine near ...

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 ...

The project forms part of Ora Banda’s Davyhurst gold project. The underground mine design is premised on a conventional top-down longhole open stoping mining method commonly used in the Western ...

The administration in Maharashtra’s Nanded district has launched an operation against illegal sand excavation, resulting in the destruction of equipment used in the illicit activity, an official said ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Ahh, the Caribbean. Sun, surf. But where's the sand? It is disappearing at alarming rates as thieves feed a local construction boom. Caribbean round grains, favored in creating ...

A Texas-based sand mining company is trying to sell off one of its four Wisconsin frac sand mines after facing bankruptcy last year. Hi-Crush Inc., based in Houston, is selling off the Whitehall sand ...