When sand mining starts, wildlife disappears, Selangor, Malaysia
Wetlands in danger due to sand mining.
48 Illegal Sand Mining Fields Found in Hunan, China
Turning this key flood prevention battlefield into a money spinner for sandstone raiders.
Government of Morocco on Tar Sands potential.
There are ten oil shale deposits in Morocco, and the three most-explored, and therefore the most likely to begin commercial production in the near future, are near the city of Tangier, near the Mediterranean sea.
Sand mining renders land erosion in Kerala
A centuries old farming village on the Kerala coastline is on the verge of being washed away by the sea.
Scotland pristine white sand targeted by thieves in midnight raids
Tiree’s stretches of pristine white sand have been targeted by thieves stealing tonne upon tonne of sand.
The damages caused by Singapore’s insatiable thirst for land
Fuelled by Singapore’s land and construction demands sand mining is wreaking environmental destruction across south-east Asia.
Sand Trafficking: Elaborate Schemes, Worlwide
Elaborate schemes to steal beach sand.
Tar sands oil extraction spreading rapidly, report warns.
BP is developing tar sands in Alberta and also in Venezuela, the world’s second largest reserves after Canada, where it is active on the Petromonagas block and is also considering the Ayacucho 2 block.
Ancestors’ Bones Halt Sand Mining
Greg McDonald says remains of his Ngati Wai ancestors from centuries ago lie on the Pakiri Beach seabed.