Industrial Minerals


Saint-Gobain to build $100m. US proppants plant

01 September 2011

by Jessica Roberts

World number two producer expands Arkansas ceramic proppants capacity

Keywords: Saint-Gobain, proppants, ceramics, drilling, oil, bauxite, kaolin

French construction conglomerate Saint-Gobain has announced it will invest $100m. into the construction of a new proppants plant in Saline County, Arkansas, to boost its US capacity.

 

The group, which operates through subsidiary Saint-Gobain...