Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ingredient in concrete, while high-purity silica sand is essential ... and social effects of sand mining remain largely hidden from ...

Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ingredient in concrete, while high-purity silica sand is essential for making ... the environmental and social effects of sand mining remain ...

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

March 20, 2025 (Rancho San Diego) – More than 100 residents who would be most affected by the proposed Cottonwood Sand Mine ...

Obeikan Glass Co. said it obtained a small mine license for high-grade silica sand exploitation from the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources at the Silica Sand Ore Complex No. 1 in Tayma ...

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

Work has been underway to develop industrial inputs such as coal, silica sand, limestone, kaolin, etc. According to the Director General of the Central Ethiopian Region Mining and Energy Agency ...

For example, in Sabah, there is ongoing encroachment of customary lands, including sea beach and mangrove forests, of ...

Many Indians are exposed to silica dust, but experts and patients lament the lack of information and health services related to silicosis. Sophie Cousins reports from West Bengal.