HOLT CAT Opens New Location

HOLT CAT, the Caterpillar equipment and engine dealer for South, Central, North and Northeast Texas, opened a new location in Edinburg, Texas. The new location will expand the company’s presence in Hidalgo County, which currently includes a HOLT Truck Center. The addition of a full-service store will help HOLT continue its strong commitment to serving the communities and businesses of…

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ABB Opens Fifth Factory in Brazil in $200 Million Expansion Plan

ABB officially inaugurated its fifth factory in Brazil in the presence of the Minister of Development, Industry and International Business, Mauro Borges, and the Governor of São Paulo Geraldo Alckmin. The new plant is part of a $200 million investment to expand ABB’s technology development and production capacity to serve increasing domestic demand from industries such as petrochemicals, pulp and…

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Hi-Crush, U.S. Well Enter into Long-Term Contract

Hi-Crush Partners LP announced the entry into a three-year supply agreement by a subsidiary of Hi-Crush with U.S. Well Services, LLC, a Texas-based oilfield services provider of well stimulation services to the upstream oil and gas industry. The supply agreement requires U.S. Well to pay a specified price for a specified minimum volume of frac sand each month.

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Report Cites Growth – What?

March 28, 2014 – The mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector of the economy showed tremendous growth from 2007 to 2012 as the number of establishments rose by 26.4 percent, according to the 2012 Economic Census Advance Report just released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Hmmmmm, I’m questioning that. From 2007-2012, the quarrying sector of the economy took a…

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La Ronge Purchases Assets of Private Producer

La Ronge Gold Corp. has entered into a letter of intent to acquire the assets and business of a private company producing frac sand in the Western Canada Sedimentary basin. The unnamed company currently sells into the Canadian frac sand market and has fixed sales contracts with various oil and gas service providers in Canada, according to La Ronge.

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This Week’s Market Buzz

Two challengers out-polled incumbent Trempealeau County, Wis., supervisor Tom Bice in a recent primary election, leaving the frac sand mining proponent off the April general election ballot. Jon Schultz and Daryl Kramer received 61 and 55 votes, respectively, according to the LaCrosse Tribune. Bice, the District 5 supervisor since 2010 and former chairman of the Environment and Land Use Committee,…

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Companies Join Forces to Deliver Liquefied Natural Gas

Clean Energy Fuels Corp., Ferus Natural Gas Fuels, GE Ventures and GE Energy Financial Services announced at the High Horsepower Summit in Chicago a consortium to jointly deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the United States. The consortium, Eagle LNG Partners, will develop regional LNG projects to meet the growing demand for the cleaner-burning, less expensive fuel in industries such…

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