Mining company Sio Silica has offered Brokenhead Ojibway Nation a five per cent share of profits from its proposed ...

Proposed silica dust rules for coal mines may extend to sand, gravel quarries The federal government is working on regulations for U.S. mines which includes reducing exposure to silica dust for ...

An open house to discuss Sio Silica’s second proposal to build a sand mine in southern Manitoba took place behind closed ...

NexGen Silica had planned to mine silica sand, which is commonly used for fracking, near Hawn State Park in Ste Genevieve County. News of the project sparked blowback in the community. Residents ...

U.S. Silica secured that continued expansion in 2017 when it bought Mississippi Sand, another frac sand mining company. Years earlier, Mississippi Sand’s application to mine these 300 acres of ...

A proposal by Sio Silica to mine ultra-pure silica sand in southeastern Manitoba has been denied by the province, just two days after the NDP government approved a different silica mine near Lake ...

Steve Harmon’s house shakes when the mining company 100 yards away blasts into what was once farmland. His patio is constantly covered in a thin layer of fine white sand. He and his neighbors ...

Sand-mining company Sio Silica is offering up to $20 million a year to Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, provided the company can convince the Manitoba government to approve a new version of a previously ...

Julian Leyland explains how sand mining threatens river ecosystems. In Cambodia, traditional fishing practices and sacred sites are disappearing as rivers are stripped of their sediment.