In Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, industrial sand, known as “frac sand,” mining has created thousands of high-paying jobs. Industrial sand mines employ engineers, electricians, welders, chemists, ...

Frac sand mining is, has been, or soon will be an important, and probably contentious, issue in your community. You may already have heard that sand mining is an “unregulated industry.” Your neighbors ...

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Higher drilling costs could threaten the recent surge in United States shale production. Halliburton said last week that its earnings could be negatively impacted because of bottlenecks related to the ...

An air monitor stands among cornfields on the outskirts of New Auburn, which has two frac sand processing plants on its edges. This article was produced by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 30—Except for the oil and natural gas themselves, one of the oilfield's hottest commodities these days is the sand used to ...

The ‘mega-frac’ is turning the typically annoying sand of West Texas into the new gold, and the oil and gas land rush on the Permian Basin has now extended into the dry, gritty sand that only a year ...

SHAKOPEE, Minn. -- The sandwich bags of silica sand displayed on Bill Bryan's desk represent a new direction for the company his father and grandfather started in 1941. Bryan Rock Products owner Bill ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has been monitoring the frac sand market and it is poised to grow by USD 4.27 bn during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of almost 10% during the forecast period.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The frac sand market is expected to grow by USD 4.27 billion during 2020-2024, according to the latest market research report by Technavio. Request a free sample report With ...

Emerge Energy Services, a Fort Worth sand mining company, said it is buying a small operation south of San Antonio to transform it into a much larger mine to serve the hydraulic fracturing needs of ...

The frac sand industry is feeling the sting of a historic oil bust caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Houston frac sand mine operator U.S. Silica reported Friday a $72.6 million first quarter loss, ...