Frac Sand latest news

• December 2019

  Select Sands bucks frac sand trend by expanding operations

  16 December 2019

  A new transloading facility will help Select meet demand from a major new customer.

• November 2019

  US frac sand mine closures, layoffs continue

  25 November 2019

  A massive oversupply of frac sand is continuing to drive mine closures in the United States.

• ArcelorMittal to idle Krakow blast furnace on poor steel demand

  13 November 2019

  The steelmaker will only restart operations at Krakow when conditions in the flat steel market improve, it said.

• US Silica profits collapse under weight of frac sand oversupply

  01 November 2019

  Frac sand miner US Silica reported a loss in the third quarter of 2019, due to struggling with lower pricing.