New Construction Starts Make Huge Jump

New construction starts in August soared 21 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $711.2 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics, following lackluster activity in July. The August rise for total construction starts featured an especially elevated amount for nonresidential building, which was helped by the start of a $3 billion petrochemical plant in Louisiana, the $1.7 billion…

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Hi-Crush Restarts Augusta, Wis., Plant

Hi-Crush announced that it has entered into an amendment to a material contract with a customer and as a result has decided to restart production at its frac sand facility in Augusta, Wis., in order to meet the growing demand. It was also announced that the partnership completed the previously announced acquisition of the Blair facility on Aug. 31, 2016.…

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Jordan Sands Opens Two Transload Locations

Jordan Sands has commenced sand transload activities in Monahans and Seagraves, Texas, located in the western part of the state. “We’re excited to be able to provide our customers with significant sand inventory in locations that best service their needs,” said James Hallbeck, Jordan Sands director of sales. In order to meet the increasing sand needs of customers, Jordan Sands…

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Badger Mining Expands Transloading Network

Badger Mining Corp. (BMC) has completed arrangements to start shipping its raw and coated Premium Northern-White industrial sand to a new storage and rail-to-truck transloading facility in Obed, Alberta, Canada, west of Edmonton, operated by Wayfinder Corp. The site, with its capability of accommodating up to three unit trains of industrial sand at one time, sits along the CN main…

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New Shale Play is Major Discovery

Apache announced that after more than two years of extensive geologic and geophysical work, methodical acreage accumulation, and strategic testing and delineation drilling, the company can confirm the discovery of a significant new shale resource play, the “Alpine High.” Apache’s Alpine High acreage lies in the southern portion of the Delaware Basin, primarily in Reeves County, Texas. The company estimates…

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This Week’s Market Buzz

Smart Sand plans to go public. The company has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering, documents show. Smart Sand operates two white sand processing sites in Wisconsin with a combined 344 million tons of “proven recoverable” sand reserves. In its SEC filing, the company said the two sites give it a…

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Metso to Consolidate U.S. Facilities

To support the drive for growth and efficiency, Metso is consolidating its Minerals Capital (MCA) and Minerals Services (MSE) business activities in Pennsylvania to its current York office location and closing the Danville and Canonsburg sites. “We expect that this change will improve our ability to serve our customers through new innovations, more streamlined service and greater efficiency. We will…

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