LANSING — A not-in-my-backyard fight over opening new mines to source aggregates for Michigan road and bridge projects is back before lawmakers, with a coalition of industry groups and labor unions ...

SHARON TWP., MI — A mining company isn’t giving up on a legal dispute with a rural township in southwestern Washtenaw County. Michigan Materials and Aggregates Co., also known as Stoneco of Michigan, ...

SHARON TWP., MI — A sand and gravel mining operation in rural western Washtenaw County needs to expand to keep up with demand for materials used in roadwork and other building projects, company ...

DETROIT LAKES — Matt Hedstrom was an American Family insurance agent in Detroit Lakes for many years before his retirement, and he got along with just about everybody. So it’s been a shock to his ...

Don Minick remembers getting up at 3:30 a.m. on summer mornings to drive to his job in Sacramento, and hearing noise from a gravel operation a mile away from his Red Dog Road home. “I could hear their ...

The demand for gravel pumps in South Africa has been on a steady decline over the past 20 years, says mining equipment manufacturer PCF Engineering managing partner Jan Feldtmann. “At times, it takes ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — A controversial sand and gravel mining operation just outside Ann Arbor that previously dried up some residents’ drinking water wells and released sediment into wetlands might reach an ...

LANSING — A fight over access to gravel near residential areas is escalating in Lansing, and it may have the potential to impact anyone who drives Michigan roads, as well as many who live in suburban ...

GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A horse farm in Gaines Township is suing a mining company over its plans for a gravel pit next to the property. Doretta Anema, owner of Anema Family Friesians, bought her ...

LANSING — Gravel miners and other business groups are launching a new push to make it easier to open sand and gravel mines in residential areas, and this time they have new bills and a new primary ...