The Texas rock formation known as the Eagle Ford shale was once at the heart of the oil and gas boom. But beneath its bones lies another resource central to the new movement in the region's ...

Rock crushing plants are used to physically pound rocks cut from quarries into grains before mixing with petroleum products to form the black goo that when hardened makes up Texas roadways.

A materials company has plans to develop a nearly 27-mile railroad that would be used by trains to transport raw materials, but more than 1,000 residents in this quieter swath of Central Texas are ...