ST. PAUL — Toting signs that read "This is farmland, not fracland" and " Save southeastern Minnesota," about 100 opponents of silica sand mining traveled to the state Capitol on Tuesday to urge the ...

Frac-sand mining opponents are demanding a House committee meeting scheduled for tomorrow be canceled because it fails to set aside time for the public to testify. The House Mining & Outdoor ...

CHICAGO (June 8) – A new Policy Study from The Heartland Institute shows industrial sand mining has been “a significant driver of economic growth across the Upper Midwest.” If done in an ...

Wisconsin state environmental officials say they have no plans to impose new restrictions on the mining of sand for use in hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas. The state Department of Natural ...

Opponents of the region’s growing silica sand mining industry are preparing to convene a “citizens summit” in Winona on Saturday. The event at Winona State University is being organized by the Land ...

A Manitoba First Nation has agreed to an environmental assessment of a proposed silica sand mining project, which the First Nation's chief suggests won't move beyond a review if it uncovers any ...

A plan to build a silica mine in southeast Missouri suffered yet another setback on Tuesday when an appeals court ruled state regulators were within their authority to deny the project a permit. The ...

ST. PAUL - New silica sand mines would be prohibited from opening for a year under a bill a state Senate committee approved Tuesday. Besides a moratorium, the bill would require a study on the ...

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 ...

Police in Brooklyn Center have arrested seven protesters at a conference on silica sand mining. The protesters were arrested Wednesday after they climbed on top of a bus that was scheduled to carry ...

Winona County narrowly won another legal victory Monday in its effort to outlaw frac sand mining. In a split decision, a three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court ruling ...

A company headed by Labor powerbroker Wayne Swan and given approval by the Albanese government to fast-track a $10bn project to mine silica sand to turbocharge the domestic solar energy industry will ...