A draft report of a strategic analysis of the mining of industrial silica sand, also called “frac sand,” was released in June 2016 by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The study ...
State lawmakers are pushing ahead with efforts to toughen regulations for silica sand mining in the state, with the Senate taking a more aggressive approach. Senators last week approved a bill that ...
ST. PAUL - Many Minnesotans are not sure whether more silica sand mining could mean dangerous dust and contaminated water, a booming economy or something in between. Cities and counties have tried to ...
MINNEAPOLIS -- A proposed silica sand mining project in southeastern Minnesota could change the nature of the industry in the state. Or not. Nobody is quite sure what to expect at the end of February, ...
RED WING — A citizen group's effort to impose a one-year moratorium on silica sand mining in Goodhue County continues to draw support from local government bodies. The cities of Red Wing and Lake City ...
NexGen Mining Inc. plans to mine silica sand in Ste. Genevieve County despite blowback from residents concerned about how the mine might affect native wildlife or residents who get their drinking ...
Wisconsin state environmental officials say they have no plans to impose new restrictions on the mining of sand for use in hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas. The state Department of Natural ...
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 ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Missouri regulators handed a setback to a ...
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. Genevieve County residents who fear a proposed silica sand mine will drain their drinking water wells and light up the night sky with its 24-hour schedule asked a Missouri House committee on ...
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