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 ...

There’s a race raging in West Texas – not just for more oil, but for sand. A sand mining industry has emerged in West Texas that was virtually nonexistent a decade ago thanks to the rise of hydraulic ...

Maharashtra authorities in Thane district have launched a major crackdown on illegal sand mining, destroying equipment and infrastructure used in the illicit activity, causing significant financial ...

Frac sand mining is, has been, or soon will be an important, and probably contentious, issue in your community. You may already have heard that sand mining is an “unregulated industry.” Your neighbors ...

Surging demand for sand used in construction projects poses an existential threat to Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, new research indicates. The seasonal expansion and contraction of ...

THANE: Authorities in Maharashtra's Thane district have carried out a crackdown against illegal sand mining in Bhiwandi taluka and destroyed various equipment, including barges, collectively valued at ...

Intense sand mining is putting the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia at risk of collapse with catastrophic consequences, a new study published in Nature Sustainability has found. The huge ...

A significant joint operation by police and revenue departments in Nanded, Maharashtra, led to the seizure and destruction of Rs 30 lakh worth of equipment and the apprehension of four individuals ...