Authorities conducted a major crackdown on illegal sand mining in the Godavari River by destroying ten boats used for ...

Madurai Bench of Madras High Court prohibits sand mining near Adichanallur archaeological site to protect its historical ...

Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian miner Vale aid on Tuesday it has created a company that will sell and distribute sand obtained from its iron ore tailings, part of its efforts to reduce the disposal of such ...

JAKARTA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Indonesia signed a $1.1 billion contract for an iron sand and pig iron mining project on Tuesday, the first mining contract to be awarded in the resources-rich country in a ...

At today’s pre-session press briefing, PIM’s Charley Shaw asked what issues the Governor and caucus leaders saw as important for rural Minnesota. The AP reports in Bipartisanship still elusive at Minn ...

In January 1913, workmen expanded the basement of a 900-seat downtown theater in Hibbing, Minn., to build an ornate smoking lounge for a higher class of patrons. Twelve feet down, their shovels struck ...

NASHWAUK, MINN. – Last week, I gazed up at the largest mining truck in Iron Range history — a 400-ton Komatsu 980E-5. The yellow behemoth occupies some 44,000 cubic feet of space, similar to ...

JAKARTA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Indonesia moved ahead on Thursday with plans to ease the path of international mining companies to exploit its mineral wealth. Sign up here. An Indonesian parliamentary ...