A group called the Reform Gravel Mining Coalition wants a moratorium on new gravel pits and quarries in Ontario, and argues a ...

Local control has become a burning issue in Lansing among lawmakers. A set of aggregate mining bills under consideration by the House Committee on Regulatory Reform is drawing significant attention.

FREEDOM TWP., MI — A sand and gravel mining firm has plans to extract millions of tons of materials in a rural community west of Ann Arbor. Stone Co. of Michigan, also known as Michigan Paving and ...

Utah has been the fasting growing state in the nation, with a hardy population increase of nearly 24% since 2010. With that growth rate comes the need for new housing, new roads and other necessary ...

WINDHOEK, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Namibia has called for an end to illegal sand and gravel mining, warning that unregulated extraction is causing serious environmental damage and posing risks to human ...

A busy aggregate mining operation was battling a persistent material spillage problem that was creating safety hazards and ...

More than a century of resource extraction and environmental destruction along the San Joaquin River near Fresno could’ve been halted. Instead, the Fresno County Planning Commission blinked. Rather ...

A sand and gravel mining company in Grey Cloud Island Township that recently has sought to expand wants next-door neighbor Cottage Grove to annex 120 acres of its property, saying the city is more ...

CHARLEVOIX — Members of the Bay Shore community and Hayes Township hosted a public meeting on Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Charlevoix Public Library to air concerns over gravel mining and its effects on ...

State lawmakers are once again seeking to remove local control over gravel mining operations. A series of House bills introduced earlier this month would give the Michigan Department of Environment, ...

The Michigan House of Representatives is considering legislation that would take local government control away when it comes to rock, sand, and gravel mine permits. Supporters of the change say too ...