It is the most extracted solid material on Earth – but this extraction can threaten ecosystems and livelihoods ...

Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation. Where did the sand go? By and large, Singapore. As Indonesian islands ...

After more than a decade of operation, a sand mine on the east coast of Indonesia’s Lombok Island has been shuttered amid a graft investigation. The shutdown comes as Indonesia repeals a ban on the ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

As delegates from member states of the International Seabed Authority entered the third and final week of high-stakes negotiations on deep-sea mining, they condemned a move made earlier this year by ...

Offshore operations can create underwater crosscurrents of solids, liquids, and gas, transporting pollutants through the ...

Charleston County zoning officials have flip-flopped on whether a proposed sand mine near a McClellanville school needs ...

KAKINADA: Konaseema mines department officials conducted surprise raids against illegal sand transport activity near the sea ...

Kollam: “They can bring in the navy or even the army, but we will not allow sea mining off our shore. This is a matter of life and death for us, and we will not let anyone take away our livelihood,” ...

A group, the Bonny Improvement Association (BIA) has threatened to drag an indigenous firm, Chairborne Global Services ...

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 ...