According to the Allamakee County Standard, the Allamakee County, Iowa, Board of Supervisors held a public hearing regarding the regulation of frac sand mining and other industrial minerals. Allamakee County Zoning Administrator Tom Blake said the county received an application for the mining of silica sand almost two years ago, and though that application was eventually withdrawn, it did bring…
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Study Predicts Growth in Frac Sand Consumption
According to the study “ProppantIQ” by PacWest Consulting Partners, the U.S. proppant market is expected to grow at 8 percent per annum through 2015, from 63 billion lb. in 2013 to 75 billion lb. in 2015.
Read MoreU3O8 Corp. Spins Out Argentine Frac Sand Resource
U3O8 Corp., a Canadian-based company focused on exploration and development of uranium resources and associated commodities in South America, has vended its 100 percent interest in the Carina property in Chubut Province, Argentina to South American Rare Earth Corp. (SAREC), a private investee company of U3O8 Corp.
Read MoreHi-Crush Opens Third Facility in Wisconsin
Hi-Crush Proppants LLC, celebrated the opening of its third production facility located near Whitehall, Wis. The governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker and several local officials, including representatives from Independence, Wis., and the Town of Lincoln, Wis., attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony and community appreciation event.
Read MoreSpeakers Wanted for Frac Sand Insider Conference
The event will give manufacturers and consultants an opportunity to meet directly with decision-makers from producers throughout North America. We are looking to fill our conference sessions with enlightened speakers who are aware of all the current issues and topics involving frac sand.
Read MoreOff-highway Diesel Fuel
The national estimated average price-per-gallon for off-highway diesel fuel as of May 28 is $3.655. That is lower than the previous comparison price-per-gallon of $3.679.
Read MoreBaldor Promotes Galen Burdeshaw
Baldor Electric Co. promoted Galen Burdeshaw to power transmission components engineering manager. In this role, Galen will be responsible for all Dodge- and Maska-branded, power transmission product-related engineering and will directly manage the product development team in Greenville, S.C. Burdeshaw is currently the customer order engineering manager for Bearings and PT Components. He began his career with Baldor in 1995 as…
Read MoreMSHA Steps Up Mine Fatality Prevention Efforts
In the wake of two mine stakeholder safety summits held in less than four weeks, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced it is stepping up efforts even further to counteract the recent spike in mining deaths.
Read MoreApril Construction Advances 3 Percent
New construction starts in April rose 3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $533.7 billion, according to McGraw Hill Construction, a division of McGraw Hill Financial. The increase maintained the upward movement established in March, which followed sluggish activity at the outset of 2014.
Read MoreAggregates Industry Veteran Joins Rock Products
Mining Media International (MMI) is pleased to announce that Kyle Nichol has joined the staff of Rock Products and C&D World magazines as a regional sales manager. Nichol is a familiar name to many in the industry from a previous tenure with Pit & Quarry and Portable Plants & Equipment magazines, where he worked as an editor before making a successful transition to sales and marketing. Nichol has also…
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