The Sand Land mine near Southampton sits on top of a protected groundwater area that environmental activists fear could be harmed by the operation. By Hilary Howard The Sand Land mine near ...
Intense sand mining is putting the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia at risk of collapse with catastrophic consequences, a new study has found. The huge Tonlé Sap Lake in Cambodia, a UNESCO ...
Mining waste dumped on beaches in the 20th Century continues to pose an environmental risk, a study suggests. Prof Ian Burke ...
Sand is the most mined resource worldwide, yet not many are aware of the global environmental crisis stemming from over-extraction. River sand is the main ingredient of concrete — a core resource in ...
The world is running out of sand. About 50 billion tons of sand and gravel are extracted annually, most of which is used for construction activities. This is a problem for two reasons. First of all, ...
The Town of Southampton approved plans to close sand mines near residential areas, giving operators up to seven years to wind down operations. The law, approved Tuesday in a 3-1-1 vote, targets sand ...
Indonesia will resume exporting sand dredged from the sea, commonly used in reclamation projects, ending a 20-year ban. Environmental activists and marine experts have criticized the policy, saying ...
Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation. The ban was in response to the widespread environmental and economic ...
Demand from Bangladesh’s construction industry for sand has led to a boom in unregulated and illegal mining from rivers, activists say. An estimated 60-70% of the mined sand in the country is assumed ...
Illegal sand-mining at the Chambal’s banks has become emblematic of a problem that several rivers in India now face. As HT reported on Monday, the bleak state of the National Chambal Wildlife ...
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