A newly released report from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) shows the state’s mineral resources produced ...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources released Wednesday a new report that looked at the state's mineral resources.

In a field where demand for efficient and environmentally responsible building materials continues to grow, the companies ...

Ahead of the first offshore mineral auctions, the central government has introduced royalty rates for construction sand, ...

According to the proposed rates, construction sand—commonly found in seabed deposits—will incur a royalty of Rs 40 per tonne ...

and gypsum (about 65 percent), with some other evaporates (e.g. salt and dolomite). This proportion of gypsum is more than the porosity of loose sand and demonstrates that gypsum is not only ...

A worker has died at a sand mine in Lochaber. Emergency services were called to Lochaline Quartz Sand Ltd at Lochaline at about 12:25 on Monday. Police said the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Some jurisdictions are trying to crack down on illegal mining, but the world's insatiable demand for sand is unlikely to slow. As one of the deadliest typhoons in decades ripped through Vietnam ...

Take a walk along a beach in parts of South Australia, and you may come across unusual patches of pink sand. When a team of geologists began analysing samples of this mysterious sand to find out ...

What can you see at the beach? Sunsets, crashing waves, shells, sea turtles, and fleas. Wait, fleas? Yes, sand fleas are a thing, and most of us have spotted them hopping around the shoreline. They’re ...

TOOL are getting in on the destination festival business. The beloved prog-metal institution announced today (October 24th) that they’ll be launching their inaugural TOOL Live in the Sand fest March ...