The La Crosse Center is playing host to the Frac Sand Insider conference which began Tuesday. Frac sand mining is the mining of sand that is used in the fracking process to get oil and natural gas out ...

Steve Harmon’s house shakes when the mining company 100 yards away blasts into what was once farmland. His patio is constantly covered in a thin layer of fine white sand. He and his neighbors also had ...

Wisconsin state environmental officials say they have no plans to impose new restrictions on the mining of sand for use in hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas. The state Department of Natural ...

“Fracking” is a common name for hydraulic fracturing, which is a process that uses a high-pressure mix of water, chemicals and sand. During the process, a solution of pressurized water, chemicals and ...

Demand is exploding for the massive amounts of sand used in fracking, creating a windfall for mines from Texas to Wisconsin but leading to worries about the health impacts of breathing silica dust.

WINONA, Minn. (AP) — Citizens are debating whether Winona County should put the brakes on frac sand mining. The Winona Daily News reports most speakers at Tuesday night’s Winona County Board hearing ...

OSSIAN, Ind., Feb. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- North America Frac Sand Inc. (OTCQB:NAFS) (“NAFS” or the “Company”) is pleased to update its shareholders that the fracking industry is alive and well.

HOWE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — John Stewart, vice president of Cameron Energy Co., and Robert Bair, president of the Pennsylvania State Building and Construction Trades Council, are on different sides in the ...

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