Select Sands Corp. completed an independent Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the company’s permitted Sandtown Project located in Northeast Arkansas. Tetra Tech of Golden, Colo., and Vancouver, BC, Canada, completed the PEA. The current study comprises approximately 40 percent of the property (200 acres).
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Unimin’s Jerry Run Terminal Now Operational
Unimin Energy Solutions announced the first delivery of frac sands by unit train to its Jerry Run, W.Va., terminal. Unimin, with partners CSX Railroad and Process Transload, operate a high-efficiency transload and storage facility on Highway 50 in the liquids-rich region of the southern Marcellus in West Virgina and southwestern Pennsylvania.
Read MoreCanadian Sand-Drilling Operation Cancelled
Husky Oil Operations has cancelled plans to drill for silica sand near Behchoko, N.W.T., Canada, and other areas on the north shore of Great Slave Lake, according to CBC News.
Read MoreStudy: Frac Sand Mining a Boon for Employment, Earnings, Economies
A new Policy Study from The Heartland Institute shows industrial sand mining has been “a significant driver of economic growth across the Upper Midwest.” If done in an environmentally responsible manner, the study finds, “it can be an important source of employment and earnings for decades to come.” The study, titled “Economic Impacts of Industrial Silica Sand (Frac Sand) Mining,” is the second in…
Read MoreThis Week’s Market Buzz
According to the investment website Seeking Alpha, long term, the market dynamics for frac sand are still in place. The amount of frac sand per well seems to be increasing for now based on the fact drillers are using more stages per well. As prices fall drillers are incentivized to increase the amount of frac sand they use per well…
Read MoreVolvo Group Achieves Energy Efficiency Goal
Volvo Group North America achieved its goal of reduced energy consumption in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Better Buildings, Better Plants Challenge five years earlier than anticipated. Volvo Group’s goal had been a 25 percent reduction in energy consumption at its eight U.S. manufacturing plants between 2009 and 2020. By the end of 2014, Volvo Group, one of only 11…
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