Sand mining could decrease the ability of Braamspunt beach to protect Suriname’s capital city from rising sea levels and storms surges. Conservationists also fear for sea turtles nesting on the beach, ...

Four sand mining companies faced massive tax raids at nearly 100 locations in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh this morning for allegedly exporting beach minerals and routing money abroad. Tamil Nadu ...

After two decades of illegal beach sand mining happening under officials' noses in India, the Central Bureau of Investigation booked 21 people, six mining companies, and public servants on mining ...

SILVER BAY — On a warm summer day, parked cars will line both sides of Mensing Drive to Minnesota Highway 61, nearly a mile away from their destination: Black Beach on Lake Superior. “You go down ...

In addition to the natural loss of beach sand due to wind blowing onshore, sand was historically mined directly from some California beaches and dunes. Three major sand-mining companies removed sand ...