Hayes Township residents protest Rieth-Riley's plans to resume mining March 27 on the side of US-31 in Bay Shore.

Lansing — A bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers are resurrecting a proposal to transfer oversight of aggregate mining permits and operations from local communities to state regulators amid a ...

Local control has become a burning issue in Lansing among lawmakers. A set of aggregate mining bills under consideration by the House Committee on Regulatory Reform is drawing significant ...

MANKATO — Blue Earth County is preparing to modernize its aggregate mining regulations, proposing updates to an ordinance ...

Business When a Quarry Closes, Can Its Damage Be Undone? Aggregate mining in Texas yields billions of dollars but leaves behind a pockmarked landscape.

The federal government shut down 4,300 acres from any new gravel pits, mining or oil development in New Mexico for protection of Native American cultural resources.

A sand and gravel mining company in Grey Cloud Island Township that recently has sought to expand wants next-door neighbor Cottage Grove to annex 120 acres of its property, saying the city is more ...

Gravel aggregate is needed for important road projects in the Yakima area. But concerns about landslides, dust and noise put pressure on gravel mining operations.

While employment and wage statistics might show Maryland?s coal and aggregate industries are growing, significant hurdles stand in the way of both mining sectors? future expansion. The state?s ...

Police in Maple Grove, Minnesota, are investigating after the discovery of a body early Friday morning in a pond near a ...

A new law gives the Arizona State Mine Inspector's Office more discretion when approving new aggregate mines.