Superior Silica Acquires Reserves

Superior Silica Sands LLC (SSS), a subsidiary of Emerge Energy Services LP, announced that it has completed the acquisition of approximately 94 million tons of high-quality northern white silica sand reserves in Jackson County, Wis., from a subsidiary of Performance Technologies LLC (PTL), which is wholly owned by Seventy Seven Energy Inc.

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This Week’s Market Buzz

According to the LaCrosse Tribune, the Minnesota appeals court panel heard arguments from a sand mine owner protesting a Department of Natural Resources ruling that the mine cannot operate without a special permit because of its proximity to a trout stream. Asking that the state’s ruling be reversed, an attorney for mine owners Tracie and Michelle Erickson of Rushford, Minn.,…

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This Week’s Market Buzz

A Texas based frac sand mining company is backing out of plans to develop a 1,600 acre mine and processing plant in Trempealeau County, Wis. Over the last year, Superior Silica Sands has been in the process of developing a plant between the cities of Independence and Arcadia. As part of the project, Independence annexed the property, but controversy about…

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