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Vulcan Materials Company is embroiled in a high-level legal dispute with the Mexican government after it attempted to ...
A walking trail at the northern end of Wakefield Valley on the western outskirts of Westminster offers a glimpse at the role limestone played in the county’s past.
Alabama State Sen. Arthur Orr calls a proposed quarry in his district “a travesty.” He also believes the Limestone County Commission has the authority to stop it from being built near the ...
Following a judge's ruling, construction at a new rock quarry will resume in Limestone County's small community of Belle Mina, but residents there say their fight to keep the quarry out of their ...
On Thursday, the Colorado Court of Appeals issued a 33-page ruling that affirms Garfield County’s authority to continue to impose seasonal restrictions on operations at RMI’s Mid-Continent limestone ...
Wastewater from quarry operations will discharge pollutants into Limestone Creek and groundwater flow could be disrupted, likely affecting the creek’s water levels and species, opponents have ...
Quarry bringing limestone mining back to Scott City For nearly a century, the curve of the Mississippi River just east of Scott City was a hotbed for limestone mining. In 1998, mining stopped.
Utah mining regulators are wrestling over how much authority they have over a proposed limestone quarry in Parleys Canyon just outside Salt Lake City.
Federal land and mine safety officials are looking into the cause of a large rockslide that occurred within Rocky Mountain Industrials’ Mid-Continent limestone quarry north of Glenwood Springs on ...
Proponents of a controversial quarry in Utah's Parleys canyon intend to begin mining limestone in July, despite Salt Lake County's ban on new mines.