The La Crosse Center is playing host to the Frac Sand Insider conference which began Tuesday. Frac sand mining is the mining of sand that is used in the fracking process to get oil and natural gas out ...

“While the regional silica sand is an excellent proppant in the hydraulic fracturing process, the oil and gas production activities in which Minnesota silica sand is ultimately used are out-of-state, ...

The ongoing shale slump is hitting sand miners and haulers that are facing lower demand, intense pricing pressures and competition from oil companies building their own mines to provide the crucial ...