A company called Nexgen Silica hopes to build a mine in St. Genevieve County. Residents who live with the toxic legacy of lead mining worry history could be repeating itself. Pickle Creek runs two ...

RED WING — Demand for silica sand has driven what some are calling "the new gold rush." Since 2008, Wisconsin has built 16 silica sand mines. Eleven more have recently been approved and at least 14 ...

The long-awaited rule will limit miners’ exposure to the dangerous dust, which can lead to incurable and debilitating lung disease. The Biden administration unveiled a final mining rule Tuesday that ...

An Alberta company that has proposed mining silica sand in Manitoba is partnering with the U of M on the experimental design ...

ROGERS — The widening of First Street north from Olrich Street has prompted the removal of several buildings, and one that caught my eye was the former Bob’s Bird Seed plant beside the railroad tracks ...

MANKATO — North Mankato resident Paul Linfors came to a public open house aimed at gathering opinions on silica sand mining, not with any specific ideas on mining, but plenty of bigger-picture ...

Silica dust hazards in large gold mines have been well documented, but the situation is far worse in small-scale gold mining according to a new study. This is the first ever study to measure silica ...

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 ...

CALEDONIA, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's most southeastern county is moving toward banning silica sand mining. The Houston County Board gave the ban preliminary approval by a 5-0 vote Wednesday and is ...

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 far ...

An Illinois county grapples with controversy over a recent explosion in surface mining for silica sand. The sand is high demand for use in fracking. Sand mining is a largely-overlooked side effect of ...

Alberta mining company Sio Silica held an open house in Winnipeg on Monday night as part of its second effort to obtain a licence to bore for sand below the surface of southeastern Manitoba. Several ...