State lawmakers are once again seeking to remove local control over gravel mining operations. A series of House bills introduced earlier this month would give the Michigan Department of Environment, ...

NORVELL TWP., MI — Residents of Norvell Township expressed strong opposition to a proposed gravel mine near Watkins Lake State Park, citing risks to the environment and local quality of life. These ...

Lansing — A bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers are resurrecting a proposal to transfer oversight of aggregate mining permits and operations from local communities to state regulators amid a ...

CHARLEVOIX — Members of the Bay Shore community and Hayes Township hosted a public meeting on Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Charlevoix Public Library to air concerns over gravel mining and its effects on ...

MANKATO — Blue Earth County is preparing to modernize its aggregate mining regulations, proposing updates to an ordinance that has remained largely unchanged for nearly 60 years. The gravel-mining ...

WELD COUNTY — Holcim Inc. has purchased an aggregate mining operation located along the South Platte River east of Greeley and north of Kersey. The operation will be renamed the Scout Island Facility ...

The Michigan House of Representatives is considering legislation that would take local government control away when it comes to rock, sand, and gravel mine permits. Supporters of the change say too ...

LANSING — A not-in-my-backyard fight over opening new mines to source aggregates for Michigan road and bridge projects is back before lawmakers, with a coalition of industry groups and labor unions ...

Lansing — The Democratic-controlled Michigan House has pressed pause on a vote on long-debated legislation that would remove local control over gravel mining permits as the road construction industry ...

While employment and wage statistics might show Maryland?s coal and aggregate industries are growing, significant hurdles stand in the way of both mining sectors? future expansion. The state?s coal ...