According to the Winona Post, Arcadia, Wis.’s moratorium on nonmetallic sand mine operations will remain in place. Arcadia City Council members decided to not take any action to prematurely lift the city’s moratorium on sand mining operations that was implemented last year and is expected to expire September 15, 2015.
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Estimates of Hydraulic Fracturing (Frac) Sand Production, Consumption, and Reserves in the United States
By Don Bleiwas, Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey An aerial view of a frac sand operation in Chippewa County, Wis., circa 2012 (Photograph provided courtesy of Jim Tittle at www.thepriceofsand.com) Background The practice of fracturing reservoir rock in the United States as a method to increase the flow of oil and gas from wells has a relatively long history and…
Read MoreHydroLoc Hydrocarbon Remediation Process a Hit
Green Earth started in Milliken, Colo., as a fairly routine reclamation business – seeding, commercial landscaping, soil and water management. But when the bottom dropped out of the real estate development market in 2009, owners Bruce Sandau and Jim Daulton turned to the oil and gas fields for new opportunities. “We did storm water management, reseeding and general reclamation work…
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According to madison.com, 30 workers at U.S. Silica’s Sparta, Wis., plant will be laid off July 15, when the plant cuts back production because of the trickle-down effect of the lagging oil market, a company spokesman said. “We will operate the plant with a smaller workforce because we’ve seen a significant decrease in oil drilling, which has reduced demand for…
Read MoreWestmoreland, Athabasca, Conclude Agreement
Westmoreland Coal Co., through its Coal Valley Resources Inc. subsidiary, has entered into an agreement with Athabasca Minerals Inc. that will result in the production of aggregate from Westmoreland’s Obed Mountain Mine site.
Read MoreGiving Freight Rail Tracks A Boost
In Wisconsin, train tracks are having a ballast problem. Temperature and vibration can destabilize ballast over time, keeping it from safely transferring the weight of a loaded train to the soil below, draining water and preventing vegetation from crowding the tracks. Also, fine grains of frac sand are leaking from rail cars, accumulating in rail bed ballast and, during a…
Read MoreEagle Materials Revenues Climb 19 percent
Eagle Materials reported revenues up 19 percent to $1.1 billion in its financial results for fiscal year 2015 and the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, 2015.
Read MoreFrac Sand Sources in the United States
By Mary Ellen Benson and Anna Burack Wilson, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
Read MoreSelect Sands Corp. Receives Authorization to Quarry
Select Sands Corp. announced receipt of an unconditional Authorization to Quarry with respect to its Sandtown quarry site, located in Independence County, Ark. The Authorization to Quarry, which is dated May 1, 2015, was issued by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) pursuant to the Arkansas Quarry Operation, Reclamation and Safe Closure Act for a five-year period ending April…
Read MoreFairmount Santrol Releases Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Fairmount Santrol released its ninth annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, “Boldly Different” – its first report to follow the new Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 Guidelines, according to the company.
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