CHICAGO (June 8) – A new Policy Study from The Heartland Institute shows industrial sand mining has been “a significant driver of economic growth across the Upper Midwest.” If done in an ...

A Toronto, Ontario-area police agency this week announced that it, alongside Canadian and U.S. partners, dismantled a transnational organized criminal network that was trafficking illegal drugs into ...

The La Crosse Center is playing host to the Frac Sand Insider conference which began Tuesday. Frac sand mining is the mining of sand that is used in the fracking process to get oil and natural gas out ...

Nov. 30—Except for the oil and natural gas themselves, one of the oilfield's hottest commodities these days is the sand used to fracture or "frac" the bedrock formations and loosen them up for ...

(Bloomberg) -- Bumping along the desolate highways of the Permian Basin, the world’s busiest oil field, there are long stretches where all you see are drilling rigs, sage brush and miles upon miles of ...

How would you feel if you walked into a doctor’s office and the doctor told you about the potential dangers of heart surgery but didn’t tell you the risks can be minimized with proper precautions or ...

Dogged by low oil prices, Wisconsin’s once-booming frac sand mining industry is down but not out. An industry trade magazine will host a two-day conference next week in La Crosse where the goal is to ...

There is concern over the safety of drinking water in part of Trempealeau County. This comes after a frac sand mine near Independence was shut down and is now being investigated for three different ...

• Frac sand mining destroys the soil. Reclamation will never restore affected sites to productive farmland because topsoil requires hundreds of years to form. Sand mining affects water quality, sand ...

The Will Dilig Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America requests that the City Council, at its June 4 meeting deny the permit for expanded shipment from the commercial dock operated by CD Corp.

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Six-year-low crude oil prices have decimated new drilling ...

BLACK RIVER FALLS — The attorney for a proposed Jackson County frac sand operation argued Thursday that its neighbors have no legal grounds to block construction of the $130 million project. Three ...