WABASHA — A Calgary, Canada, firm plans to build a facility along the Canadian Pacific railroad tracks on the northwest side of Wabasha to load rail cars with silica sand mined in Wisconsin. According ...

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At least half a dozen companies have hatched plans to build mines or loading terminals along rail lines that provide an economical link to drilling operations in Texas, where the demand for silica ...

CN announced on Wednesday, July 3 that it will start serving a new state-of-the art frac sand terminal north of Grande Prairie, Alta., starting in November 2013. The new 20-acre facility being built ...

A Canadian mining company won a key battle Monday night in its quest to build a rail shipping hub in Wabasha that is likely to accelerate the region's frac-sand boom at a time when local activists are ...

In a pair of announcements, Select Sands reported that it had landed a long-term contract to supply frac sand to a large exploration and production company operating in the Eagle Ford Shale of South ...

When Pat Bischel heard that Muskie Proppant was encountering resistance in locating a frac sand loading plant in Eau Claire, he got to work. The result is the sand loading facility will wind up on the ...

A frac sand loading and storage facility in Wabasha won final approval Friday and may have a temporary operation up and running within three weeks.

A Canadian company is working to open a frac sand loading and storage facility in the city of Wabasha. Superior Sand Systems Inc. is in the process of finalizing permit applications for what would be ...

Aurora Innovation has struck a major commercial agreement with Detmar Logistics to deploy a fleet of autonomous trucks that will haul frac sand around the clock for one of the world’s largest oil and ...

The frac sand industry has grown fast, and no government agency has an up-to-date list of all of the mines and processing plants in Wisconsin. A year ago, the Center identified 41 facilities operating ...

Despite a slump in the U.S. oil industry, Wisconsin frac sand producers are planning to spend millions of dollars on new plants and loading facilities as they seek to increase efficiency and sell ...