Industrial Minerals


New 2.4m tpa Wisconsin frac sand mine for Superior Silica

17 August 2012

by John Ollett

Established producers will win customers over newer suppliers, CEO tells IM

Keywords: frac sand, silica sand, Superior Silica Sand, Rick Shearer, Wisconsin, US Silica

US frac sand producer Superior Silica Sands LLC is expanding its frac sand production through a new Wisconsin mine, CEO Rick Shearer told IM.

The company, which has operations in both frac sand heartlands – Texas and Wisconsin, is building another frac sand mine and dry processing plant near Barron, Wisconsin. 

“This plant will have a capacity of 2.4m tpa and should begin shipping finished product by December of this year,” said Shearer. 

The plant will be serviced by...