Sibelco announced the formation of Unimin Energy Solutions, a global commercial division, designed to serve the worldwide energy services industry. The new organization will unify Sibelco’s Energy mineral portfolio and global footprint under a single, energy solutions umbrella.
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Fairmont Santrol Reports Strong Quarter, Year
Fairmount Santrol announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2014. For the fourth quarter, net income was $37.9 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, compared with net income of $10.7 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the same period a year ago. Adjusted earnings per diluted share were $0.24, an increase of 118 percent…
Read MoreVictory Nickel Deposit Exceeds API Specs
Victory Nickel Inc. announced very positive analytical results from sand samples obtained from drill holes on the Bear Coulee frac sand property located in Trempeleau County, Wis. Testing shows that the 10.9-million-ton NI 43-101 Northern White frac sand resource exceeds American Petroleum Institute (API) specs and that, on average, an exceptional 43 percent of the resource will report to the…
Read MoreNews Fracking Laws Challenged by Industry
Following a process that included more than 1.5 million public comments, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell released final standards that she said will support “safe and responsible hydraulic fracturing on public and American Indian lands.”
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is inviting the public to provide input on the agency’s most recent effort to assess the latest scientific, natural resource and socio-economic information relating to industrial sand mining and its infrastructure. “The department is conducting a strategic analysis on industrial sand mining in order to provide quality, factual information to the public and decision makers,”…
Read MoreGraymont Receives DNR Land Transaction Approval
Graymont won approval by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) of the recently updated Graymont Land Transaction Application, which involves the sale and exchange of lands within Mackinac and Luce Counties.
Read MoreH&K Group Hosts Successful Jobs Fair
In response to a significant backlog of secured contract work on both the heavy civil contracting and materials segments of its business platform, H&K Group, Inc. (H&K) and The H&K Group family of companies held an extremely successful, multi-divisional job fair on Saturday, March 7, 2015.
Read MoreMcLanahan’s Rumbaugh Dies
March 26, 2015 – The industry has lost another one of its manufacturing giants. Coming on the heels of the passing of Don Brock of Astec Industries and Chet Giermak of Eriez, we have learned that Roy Rumbaugh, former president of McLanahan Corp., has also passed away. He was an NSSGA Honorary Life Member, and past chairman of theManufacturers & Services Division. He…
Read MoreIrving Materials Operations Garner IMAA Awards
The Indiana Mineral Aggregates Association (IMAA) announced that 19 Irving Materials Inc. (IMI) aggregates locations have received its “Excellence in Mining” (EIM) Award for 2015. It also presented the Certified Aggregate Producer Program (CAPP) Award to IMI Peru from the Indiana Department of Transportation for the Fort Wayne District.
Read MoreHarold Peterson
If it wasn’t for Harold Peterson, Ray Taylor might not be alive to thank him. Both work at Wendling Quarries, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Peterson was there when Taylor suffered a heart attack last summer. “Just happened to see something blue laying on the ground over here, couldn’t quite figure out what it was,” Peterson told KCRG news. “But I loaded up,…
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