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 ...

Kerala government to audit black sand mining amid environmental concerns and complaints about illegal practices in Alappuzha district.

It is extraordinary how few people know anything about sand mining. Up to 50 billion tonnes of sand and gravel are mined each year to meet soaring demand from construction and land reclamation – ...

Police carried out checks in the two villages following surveillance on illegal sand mining, transport and storage, and found ...

Premier Wab Kinew cast doubt Thursday on the prospect of Manitoba approving a second effort by mining company Sio Silica to obtain an environmental licence to drill for sand in the rural municipality ...

Fishermen in the area who could previously earn up to RM200,000 a year now struggle to get even RM30,000.

KANNIYAKUMARI: Several associations have voiced concerns about damage to the environment and appealed to Chief Minister C ...

Birbhum Police and district administration have detected more than 30 lakh cubic feet of illegally stockpiled sand at two ...

PREMIUM TIMES found that 40 valid mineral titles are currently active in Bayelsa, including 12 licences for ilmenite and ...

China transforms coal waste into construction sand, turning billions of tons of mining leftovers into valuable building ...