Lone Star Industries, which produced almost 1.5 million tons of cement last year, has purchased 27 acres of property near its Cape Girardeau plant, a move that will increase the company's rock quarry ...

Rocky Mountain Industrials (RMI) was ordered to stop mining by the U.S. Department of the Interior in a Jan. 3 letter citing permit violations and a lack of evidence of market development. RMI, which ...

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 Belle Mina ...

The nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates has applied for permits to establish a limestone quarry and processing plant on Addidas Road, less than 4 miles southeast of the Town of ...

The owner of a limestone quarry above Glenwood Springs has spent several years arguing that its contentious plan for an exponential expansion of the mine should be expedited under the 1872 Mining Act, ...

A map of a limestone quarry near Belle Mina in Limestone County. Residents and churches have filed a lawsuit to stop the ongoing mining at the site, saying it is having a negative impact on the ...