RED WING — The Goodhue County Board bucked recommendations from two lesser entities on Tuesday and voted unanimously to extend its moratorium on silica sand mining by an additional 180 days. The ...
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 ...
WINONA — A conditional-use permit for the controversial Nisbit silica-sand quarry south of St. Charles was approved Tuesday by a split Winona County Board. The quarry, however, can't open for a month ...
A new report commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has found the oil and natural gas industries directly or indirectly supported over ...
A Manitoba First Nation has agreed to an environmental assessment of a proposed silica sand mining project, which the First Nation's chief suggests won't move beyond a review if it uncovers any ...
NEW YORK, June 22 (Reuters) - Oil and gas field workers face health hazards from silica sand used in the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) process, an arm of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) ...
Crystalline silica, also referred to as “quartz”, is a common mineral found in the earth’s crust and is a basic component of the soil, sand, and granite. Cristobalite and tridymite are two other forms ...
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