The Calgary-based mining firm has submitted a new Environment Act proposal — now called the SiMbA Sand Extraction Project — ...

The Alberta mining company has made a new application to extract sand from below the surface of southeastern Manitoba, after ...

A Calgary-based mining firm has submitted a second application to extract silica sand from eastern Manitoba, after being ...

Alberta mining company Sio Silica has proposed to drill fewer wells and extract less sand as part of a new application for an ...

More than 300 Springfield residents packed a heated town hall to denounce Sio Silica’s mining project and push to withdraw ...

VRX Silica has secured a strong set of regional customers in Asia for its Arrowsmith North sand project, ahead of 2026 ...

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Covia, a leading provider of mineral-based and material solutions for a range of Industrial markets, today announced that it has completed the previously announced ...

ST. PAUL — Toting signs that read "This is farmland, not fracland" and " Save southeastern Minnesota," about 100 opponents of silica sand mining traveled to the state Capitol on Tuesday to urge the ...

ST. PAUL — Lawmakers reached a compromise on Tuesday on language aimed at protecting trout streams from silica sand mining. The measure would set a one-mile buffer around all designated trout streams ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Critics of a booming silica sand mining industry will ask lawmakers to hit the pause button Tuesday when the Minnesota Legislature holds its first-ever hearing on a subject that has so ...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota officials would study the environmental impact of silica sand mining and provide technical assistance to local governments dealing with sand mining issues under a bill to be ...

The Missouri Mining Commission has revoked a mining permit for a silica sand mine in Ste. Genevieve County. The commission ruled that NexGen Silica’s application did not include a full list of ...