Sand Mining on the banks of the Sita River near Mabukala bridge in Brahmavar, India Rudolph.A.furtado - Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons Sand isn't just for beaches. The tiny grains show up in many ...

Reporting from Washington — As a domestic energy boom driven by hydraulic fracturing spreads, so could strip-mining for sand needed for the controversial production process, introducing risks to water ...

The Kerala High Court has directed the chief secretary of the state to constitute a panel to determine whether sand mining ...

WASHINGTON – Demand is exploding for the huge amounts of sand used in fracking, creating a windfall for mines from Texas to Wisconsin but leading to worries about the health impacts of breathing ...

BALASORE: Tension erupted in Gilajodi village within Singla police limits of Balasore district late on Friday night after a ...

A Maharashtra revenue department team led a successful operation against illegal sand mining in Nanded district. Acting under ...

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 ...

KOSSE - In a deepening pit in this small town southeast of Waco, workers aim a high-pressure water cannon that reduces small hills of clay-like sand into a watery slurry that is filtered, processed, ...

LAKESIDELAKESIDE — The Helix Water District board of directors has agreed to supply water over the next 20 years for a controversial sand-mining project in the El Monte Valley in Lakeside. The board ...

Amid government assurances, the stark reality of illegal sand mining persists on the banks of the Yamuna River, particularly ...

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 ...