The Water Resources Department is all set to resume sand mining operations on the banks of the Kollidam River in Tiruchi district after a gap of about two years. Sand quarries would come up at ...

Local in-field sand supplies have decreased fracture treatment costs in the Permian basin. Further cost reductions are achieved by eliminating sand drying, leaving the sand at residual 4-6% water ...

Close on the heels of the visit of Mines and Geology Minister C.C. Patil to the district and his warning against illegal sand extraction last week, sand extractors in the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) ...