Industrial Minerals


Frac sand producer Hi-Crush Partners files IPO for $200m

10 July 2012

by Mike O'Driscoll

Operator Hi-Crush Proppants aims to bring on two more frac sand sources in Wisconsin

Keywords: frac sand, fracking, silica sand, hydraulic fracturing sand, Hi-Crush, proppants, shale gas

Frac sand producer Hi-Crush Partners LP has filed an initial public offering (IPO) with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for $200m.

Houston-based Hi-Crush Partners plans to use proceeds from the offering to repay debt, to fund capital expenses, and for general partnership purposes.

Through Hi-Crush Proppants LLC, the company been operating a frac sand mine and plant on a 226.6 ha site at Wyeville, Monroe county, Wisconsin, for just over a year.

Hi-Crush has 48.4m s.tons of proven...