Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — Steve Harmon’s house shakes when the mining company 100 yards away blasts into what was once farmland. His patio is ...

Frac sand destined for the oil and gas fields piles up at the EOG Resources Inc. processing plant in Chippewa Falls, Wisc. CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. — Largely overlooked in the national debate over ...

Over the past decade, demand for silica sand soared as new technology allowed drillers to reach previously untapped oil, much of which was found in the Bakken formation of North Dakota, with a process ...

Sidley plans to soon have 50 pneumatic tankers hauling fracking sand to area natural gas wells. Photo by Tom Berg. A recent visit to northeast Ohio put me face to face with people involved in the ...