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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

RED WING, Minn. - A group of Minnesota residents drove to the state Capitol on Tuesday to deliver a petition calling for a ban on silica sand mining in southeast Minnesota, but Gov. Mark Dayton said ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Alberta sand mining company Sio Silica, which wants to extract silica sand in southeastern Manitoba, is teaming up with the ...