Industrial Minerals


Pro Sands strikes new rail deal amid booming frac market

01 December 2011

by Jack Elliott

Pro sands to move 2,400 carloads of freight annually into new $3m facility

Keywords: Pro Sands, frac sand, Patriot Rail, silica sand

Texas-based Pro Sands LLC, a frac sand supply, storage and delivery company, has entered into a long-term lease and rail freight services agreement with Patriot Rail Corp.

The five-year agreement, signed between Pro Sands and Patriot’s Louisiana and North West Railroad (LNW) subsidiary, will see Pro Sands lease 10 acres of property at LNW’s newly constructed Iron Bridge...