By Carolyn Cowan Rampant sand mining in the Mekong River is directly weakening critical seasonal river flows that sustain ...

Discover the urgent global crisis of sand depletion, a critical but overlooked resource essential for construction and ...

The Tamil Nadu government has alleged that a survey, purportedly conducted by scientists of the Indian Institute of ...

ED rebuts Tamil Nadu government's claims of illegal sand mining survey, asserting expert findings are legitimate and ...

Rajasthan police have launched a crackdown on officers involved in illegal sand mining. Fifteen personnel face penalties, and stern warnings have been issued. Decoy operations revealed negligence and ...

Sand Mining on the banks of the Sita River near Mabukala bridge in Brahmavar, India Rudolph.A.furtado - Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons Sand isn't just for beaches. The tiny grains show up in many ...

Huger residents are voicing concerns about planned 140-acre sand mine and negative impacts it could have on traffic, ...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: In a major crackdown against the illegal sand mining mafia, the Georai Police conducted a raid at ...

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 ...

LAKESIDELAKESIDE — The Helix Water District board of directors has agreed to supply water over the next 20 years for a controversial sand-mining project in the El Monte Valley in Lakeside. The board ...

Reporting from Washington — As a domestic energy boom driven by hydraulic fracturing spreads, so could strip-mining for sand needed for the controversial production process, introducing risks to water ...

The California Coastal Commission on Thursday unanimously approved an agreement to end the mining of beach sand in Monterey County — the last operation of its type in the mainland United States.