WESTERLY, R.I. (WPRI) — Alex McColl was at the golf course Thursday afternoon when he suddenly got a strange call from his brother. “He said, ‘You need to come home. A rock went through your roof,'” ...

A Massachusetts-based dredging and construction company pursuing a highly controversial proposal to run a quarry at historic Mount Decatur along the Thames River withdrew its permit application ...

Residents have no warning before blasts at the rock quarry. “You can hear it, it shakes, and they don’t notify people,” one said. GRANITE FALLS — A gravel mine that has operated for almost 25 years in ...

“That has increased the amount of blasting we do,” he said. “That’s going to taper off over time, but we have to blast more when opening up a new area.” The new area will be part of a drive-in quarry, ...

Dec 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Steel said on Thursday it has begun the process to restart operations in one of two blast furnaces at Granite City Works, driven by customer demand. "After several months of ...

Some good news for the mining industry. A blast furnace that’s been down for two years is being restarted. U.S. Steel announced they will be restarting one of two at Granite City Works in Illinois.