Scott County could receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties from a silica sand mine under development in rural Shakopee. Multiple parties, including the county, have royalty ...

Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ingredient in concrete, while high-purity silica sand is essential ...

Some fear that the presence of a mine located in close proximity to a residential area could have lasting impact on their ...

The Valle de Oro Community Planning Group voted unanimously to recommend a denial of the Cottonwood Sand Mine Project to the ...

Sio Silica is taking another shot at developing a silica sand mine in Manitoba after the provincial government rejected the company’s controversial plans for a project east of Winnipeg.

Crystalline silica, also referred to as “quartz”, is a common mineral found in the earth’s crust and is a basic component of the soil, sand, and granite. Cristobalite and tridymite are two other forms ...