BOSTON − Activists seeking a moratorium on sand and gravel mining operations in southeastern Massachusetts delivered a petition to Beacon Hill leaders Tuesday demanding action from Gov. Maura Healey ...

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 – ...

LANSING — A not-in-my-backyard fight over opening new mines to source aggregates for Michigan road and bridge projects is back before lawmakers, with a coalition of industry groups and labor unions ...

State lawmakers are once again seeking to remove local control over gravel mining operations. A series of House bills introduced earlier this month would give the Michigan Department of Environment, ...

FREEDOM TWP., MI — A sand and gravel mining firm has plans to extract millions of tons of materials in a rural community west of Ann Arbor. Stone Co. of Michigan, also known as Michigan Paving and ...

The environment ministry is moving to strengthen environmental management in Namibia, with a sharper focus on holding mining ...

JACKSON COUNTY, MI – Members of the Parma Township Board of Trustees are accused of acting unlawfully in the latest lawsuit to arise from a controversial gravel pit proposed in the township. The suit, ...

Fresno County supervisors granted sand- and gravel-mining operator CEMEX USA a three-year extension of their operating permits along the San Joaquin River north of Fresno. By a unanimous 5-0 vote ...

The CEMEX Rockfield Quarry site northeast of Fresno is shown in this June 2020 drone image from video looking southwest from above Friant Road toward the San Joaquin River. CEMEX is seeking a ...