HOUSTON (Reuters) - Fracking, the latest craze in the quest to produce oil and gas, has been blamed for environmental problems ranging from flammable tap water to minor earthquakes. Now a new risk is ...

When workplace safety expert Eric Esswein got a chance to see fracking in action not too long ago, what he noticed was all the dust. It was coming off big machines used to haul around huge loads of ...

Frack sand acts as a proppant during the process, helping to hold open small seams through which the oil or gas escapes back toward the wellbore. It’s possible to use man-made products such as ...

Steve Harmon’s house shakes when the mining company 100 yards away blasts into what was once farmland. His patio is constantly covered in a thin layer of fine white sand. He and his neighbors also had ...

The mining of fracking sands, as it is done in states like Minnesota and Wisconsin, is also controversial process because of its dust, noise and potential environmental impacts. Critics are already ...

Environmentalists are raising concerns over the growing use of sand in hydraulic fracturing. Environmentalists are raising concerns over the growing use of sand in hydraulic fracturing. A report ...

Frac sand mining has been occurring in Wisconsin for 40 years, but has only recently sparked controversy. From 2002 to 2012 frac sand production rose 2,400 percent, and the Wisconsin Center for ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Feb 10, 2014) - Victory Nickel Inc. ("Victory Nickel" or the "Company") (NI.TO) today announced that the first nine-railcar shipment of washed, concentrated sand from ...

Frac sand mining has arrived in Winona County. Three mining operations have been proposed for Saratoga Township, identified as holding the county's richest deposit of the tiny, round grains of silica ...

FESTUS • For better or worse, depending on your view, Missouri has largely missed out on the hydraulic fracturing revolution that has turned energy markets upside down in recent years. There’s little ...