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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As oil production has soared, the U.S. frac sand mining industry has boomed over the past 18 months. Yet one frac sand operation in Shakopee was recently idled and another one in western Wisconsin was ...

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 ...

A Texas sand miner is planning to open a new plant near the small West Texas town of Van Horn near the state's Permian Basin oil field. Alpine Silica, which operates at least one sand mine in Kermit, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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