Sand mining is prohibited in Southampton, a municipality of about 70,000 residents in Suffolk County on Long Island. But Sand Land, which has been in operation since the 1960s, ...

The San Diego County Planning Commission has again delayed a decision on whether to allow the construction of a massive sand mine in unincorporated El Cajon, this time because officials couldn’t get ...

The Cottonwood Sand Mine would cover more than 200 acres in the unincorporated Valle De Oro area, near Jamul, and has been working its way through the approval process since 2018.

In 1955, the oversight of sand, gravel and other aggregates was moved from the 1872 Mining Law to the 1947 Mineral Materials Act, making it harder to establish mining claims on such deposits.

Registered to Allen Jefferson Earp, 421 Sand Mine, LLC’s plan includes a 50-foot-wide buffer around the perimeter of the 144-acre mine and an additional 25-foot vegetative buffer along U.S. 421 ...

Southampton Town officials have launched an environmental review of their proposal to phase out sand mines near residential areas over a seven-year period. The legislation, introduced in late ...

In 2011, development of the coastline began after PT Anugrah Mitra Graha (AMG) obtained a 15-year permit to mine sand from 1,348 hectares (3,330 acres) of Lombok’s east coast in an area known as ...