US Silica to supply 1.5m tonnes frac sand to Illinois facility
By Nilima Choudhury
Published: Friday, 14 March 2014
Company is second largest producer of commercial silica (frac) sand, which is in increasingly high demand as a result of the shale gas boom in the US.
US Silica Holdings Inc., North America’s second largest
silica (frac) sand supplier, confirmed this week it has entered
into an agreement to manage a facility in Waltham Township,
Illinois, US.
Working with the landowner, Peru-based Quality Sand Products
(QSP), US Silica told IM that the facility is due to
come...