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

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

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.

SHAKOPEE, Minn. — The sandwich bags of silica sand on Bill Bryan’s desk represent a new direction for the company his father and grandfather started in 1941.

The silica sand prevalent in the region features granule sizes ideal for oil fracking. Mining companies dig into limestone beds in search of Northern White or Ottawa silica sands.

March 25, 2024: State government grants lease to TAMIN for mining silica sand mineral over an extent of 3.73 ha of government poramboke land in Vadaagram village in Marakkanam for a period of 10 ...