Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday informed Lok Sabha that the first tranche of auction for 13 offshore mining blocks was launched last November ...

That's way beyond estimated natural replenishment rates of 15 billion to 20 billion tonnes annually. Despite this, sand ...

Congress MP K.C. Venugopal raises concerns about off-shore sand mining in Kerala impacting fishermen's livelihoods in Lok ...

In the heart of West Nile, the pursuit of livelihood has led many to the banks of rivers such as Kochi, Nyagak, and the Nile, ...

Hundreds of people in Northland took to Te Ākau Bream Bay's water and beaches Sunday to protest a fast-tracked sand mining ...

Discover more about sand mining, where it occurs, and why the process damages the environments in which it is carried out in ...

Amid rapidly increasing illegal sand mining and mafia raj, Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday announced in t ...

Mumbai: The new sand mining policy will grant the same powers to the police as revenue officials, including acting against illegal sand mining, said s.

Opposition MPs from Kerala on Monday warned the Centre that its offshore sand mining project in the state will not be allowed ...

Officials will weigh whether the closure of sand mines near homes will result in the trucking of sand from other parts of the ...

A leading economist says the economic benefits from a Northland sand mining proposal are so unclear, he questions how the ...

Mangaluru: Deputy commissioner and the chairman of the District Sand Committee Mullai Muhilan MP issued a circular setting up ...