Oil and gas companies using hydraulic fracturing are expected to continue to ramp up their use of frac sand in their drilling operations. According to Tudor Pickering Holt, drillers have stepped up sand use in order to make wells more productive, rising from 3 million lb. per well in 2013 to 5 million lb. per well in 2014, to 8…
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Wisconsin DNR Releases Industrial Sand Strategic Analysis
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has prepared a strategic analysis to reassess the latest scientific, natural resource and socioeconomic information relating to industrial sand mining and its associated infrastructure in Wisconsin.
Read MoreBMC to Construct New Transload Facility in Texas
A plot of land just south of Pecos, Texas, will become home to the newest transload facility for Badger Mining Corp. (BMC) in the coming months. Sitting on the Pecos Valley Southern Railway, which connects to the Union Pacific in Pecos, the nearly 300-acre site will accommodate 120 railcar spots after Phase I of construction is complete in early 2017.
Read MoreUnimin Plants Receive Community, Safety Awards
Unimin Specialty Minerals and its Tamms and Elco plants have been recognized for outstanding community involvement and support activities as well as safety performance by the Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers (IAAP).
Read MoreNew Pioneer Project in Texas Moves Forward
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. announced that the company closed on its previously announced acquisition of approximately 28,000 net acres in the Midland Basin from Devon Energy for $435 million, before normal closing adjustments.
Read MoreTerramac Expands Market Presence in the Southeast
Terramac, a leading manufacturer of innovative rubber track crawler carriers, appointed Linder Industrial Machinery Co. as part of its dealer network. Linder will represent the versatile Terramac product line in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. The dealer will offer Terramac’s RT9, RT14 and RT14R crawler carriers to serve a wide range of industries including general construction, mining, agriculture and…
Read MoreU.S. Shipments Down, Canadian Up on Great Lakes
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3,348,040 tons in July, a decrease of 18 percent compared to a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers Association. July’s loadings were also 14 percent below the month’s five-year average.
Read MoreGeorgia Associations Advocate for Aggregates
The Georgia Construction Aggregate Association (GCAA) has spent the summer advocating for the industry and bringing lawmakers to local operations, according to the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA).
Read MoreGraniterock Construction Academy Takes Teens Beyond Textbook
Andrea Rocha spent the summer before her senior year at Watsonville High School in California washing, testing and measuring aggregate at Graniterock’s research laboratory in Aromas, Calif.
Read MoreCheesman Named OSSGA Executive Director
The board of directors of the Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (OSSGA) announced the appointment of Norman Cheesman as executive director. Cheesman brings more than 30 years of experience to OSSGA as a successful lobbyist, media spokesperson, consensus builder and association management executive. His past accomplishments include the successful navigation of complex issues through municipal, provincial and federal legislative…
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