The Essential Minerals Association is leading a coalition of 18 universities and 28 associations in voicing support for the Mining Schools Act of 2023, which just passed markup in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The legislation will be critical for supporting the next generation of talent for the minerals industry as it works to aid in the transition…
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Michels Plants 1,200 Trees
Michels recently continued its tradition of working together to demonstrate its commitment to preserving and improving the environments where the company lives and works. More than a dozen volunteers gathered on Arbor Day to plant 1,200 red oak trees at the Mauthe Lake Campground in the Kettle Moraine State Forest Northern Unit near the company’s corporate headquarters in Brownsville, Wis.…
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According to The Times Weekly, the Joliet, Ill., city council postponed until April action on a proposal that could allow quarry blasting near a residential neighborhood. The city council previously tabled a vote to allow for more public input. The parcels in question are owned by VM Land and First Midwest Bank, and the annexation agreement would allow P.T. Ferro…
Read MoreTACA Teaches Texas Teachers
By Mark S. Kuhar How do industrial minerals enhance our daily lives and how are they mined in Texas? In July, 14 Texas science teachers learned the answers at an intensive industrial minerals mining workshop jointly sponsored by the Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association (TACA) and the Texas Mining and Reclamation Association (TMRA). During the week-long teacher training, which took…
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Sargent Sand Co. are once again talking about a deal to acquire a piece of private property located in Ludington State Park a decade after the last talks broke down. The state would like to purchase the company’s Ludington, Mich., sand mine when the company’s five-year operating permit expires at the end…
Read MoreWisconsin DNR Releases Industrial Sand Strategic Analysis
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has prepared a strategic analysis to reassess the latest scientific, natural resource and socioeconomic information relating to industrial sand mining and its associated infrastructure in Wisconsin.
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is stirring unease in the oil and natural gas industry with his remarks about hydraulic fracturing, according to a report from The Hill. Trump supports fracking but said towns and states should be allowed to ban the drilling practice. That position is at odds with industry groups and congressional Republicans, who say the practice is…
Read MorePermitting – September 2014
Illinois Quarry in QuestionTwo months after Robbins, Ill., trustees essentially voided a contract with a developer planning a limestone quarry and mine in the village, residents say they’re uncertain where those plans now stand. A trustee said no new talks have been held with ALM Resources since the village board’s vote in late June, according to the Southtown Star. That…
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