Central Arkansas Water and local conservation groups are raising the alarm over recent proposals to mine quartz in the ...

As the Ouachita National Forest moves to open new quartz mining near Jessieville, conservationists are raising concerns about the proposal.

A draft environmental assessment said that the mining is necessary because market conditions suggest a demand for quartz.

Arkansas’s largest public water utility came out this week against new quartz mines being proposed in the Ouachita National ...

Public input closes May 5 on a plan affecting 300+ acres, as past mining proposals near Lake Winona raised water and ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Tucked away in west-central Arkansas' Ouachita Mountains, Mount Ida is a literal hidden gem, a tiny town that got its nickname — the "Quartz ...

An aerial look at the quartz mines in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, taken prior to Tropical Storm Helene. Google Maps The world’s main producer of high-purity quartz, a mineral crucial to the global ...

An aerial look at the quartz mines in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, taken prior to Tropical Storm Helene. Google Maps Two weeks after shutting down its Spruce Pine facilities ahead of Hurricane Helene, ...

Two weeks after shutting down its Spruce Pine facilities ahead of Hurricane Helene, Belgian mining company Sibelco announced Thursday it has restarted operations in the Western North Carolina town ...