Select Materials, a bulk landscaping materials firm based in Colorado, acquired an industrial and frac-sand mine located in Mount Vernon, Ohio, effective Feb 8. The transaction is Select Materials’ second sand mine and first endeavor into the frac sand market.
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Does Your Frac Sand Operation Reduce Home Values?
Sand, rock and gravel are literally the foundation of economic development, but their extraction process can generate dust, noise, vibration and truck traffic. While modern technologies and methods have greatly reduced quarries’ impact, the environmental and economic consequences of quarry operations receive considerable attention, often in the form of adversarial “not in my backyard” (NIMBY) campaigns. A key complaint is…
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