La Chola has been producing sand and aggregates since 1994 in the Pampa Soler, Concordia province of Entre Rios in Argentina. A family-run company, it is divided into two businesses with La Chola II established to focus on the extraction of sand for hydraulic fracking.
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Canadian Premium Sand Initiates FEED Study
Canadian Premium Sand Inc. (CPS) has initiated a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) study for its proposed flat glass manufacturing facility and plans to conduct a non-brokered private placement based on receiving unsolicited interest from a U.S. institution.
Read MoreProppant Warehouse in Violation
According to the Williston Herald, North Dakota’s Department of Environmental Quality is in the midst of an enforcement action against Sea Pacific International Trading Company in Williston, N.D., for having deteriorated bags of proppant sitting outside in the elements.
Read MoreU.S. Silica to Raise Prices
U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. announced that its Industrial and Specialty Products business will increase prices for most of its non-contracted silica sand, diatomaceous earth and clay products used primarily in glass, foundry, paints, coatings, elastomers, roofing, chemicals, recreation, building products, agricultural, pet litter and other applications.
Read MoreThis Week’s Market Buzz
• At press time, West Texas Intermediate crude for September delivery rose 16 cents, or 0.2%, to settle at $72.07 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That led the U.S. benchmark up by 0.7% for the week, based on the front-month contract, according to Dow Jones Market Data. September Brent crude the global benchmark, added 31 cents, or…
Read MoreHanson Buys Arizona Parcel for Aggregates Operation
Hanson Aggregates, a subsidiary of Lehigh Hanson Inc., bought 1,425 acres of land west of Buckeye, Ariz., for $16.5 million, according to real estate database Vizzda. Trey Champie of Headquarters West was the broker for the deal, and the seller was Resource Land Holdings, a private equity firm based in Denver.
Read MoreCASE, Leica Introduce OEM-Fit Machine Control Solutions
CASE Construction Equipment now offers OEM-Fit 2D and 3D machine control solutions designed by Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon – now available for CASE D-series excavators from CASE SiteControl Certified dealers.
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