A council has told a planning inspector it "no longer contests" an appeal to open a quarry in a village. Breedon Trading was ...

Every year, the world consumes around 50 billion tonnes of sand, gravel and crushed stone. The astonishing scale of this demand is hard to comprehend—12.5 million Olympic sized swimming pools per year ...

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

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

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources approves permits for mining operations. The open pit mine in Christian County ...

Discover more about sand mining, where it occurs, and why the process damages the environments in which it is carried out in ...