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Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo (NYSE: APO) will buy frac sand provider U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SLCA) for $1.21 billion, the latest in a wave of acquisitions in the shale industry. U.S. Silica investors will receive $15.50 in cash for each share of common stock, the company said in a statement. The purchase price represents an 18.7… Read More
Florida’s beaches are incredibly important for storm damage reduction and tourism, however they are under threat from coastal erosion. Dr Tiffany Roberts Briggs explains to Caroline Steel how Florida’s beaches are restored with mined sand. Listen Now (Photo: A truck prepares to dump sand on Miami Beach. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
New Hanover County beaches could again mine sand from nearby inlets to nourish their oceanfront shores under a proposed law recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would exempt a handful of federal coastal storm risk management projects on the East Coast from a rule that prohibits local governments from tapping sand… Read More
Special use permits were approved for sand, gravel portable concrete production pit and concrete storage site south of Odessa by the Buffalo County Commissioners during their meeting on Tuesday, April 23. The permits are related to ongoing I-80 construction projects between Elm Creek and Odessa. The commissioners considered a special use permit for a sand,… Read More
The Department of Labor recently released a new rule that significantly lowers how much silica dust is legally allowed inside mines. The old limit was 100 micrograms per cubic meter. It will now be 50. This comes at a time when black lung rates among coal miners in central Appalachia are the highest they’ve been since the 1990s. It’s… Read More
The much-maligned company exploring a potential gravel mining operation at the base of Casper Mountain is moving forward with its highly controversial plans that nearby residents and recreationalists say would spoil the area, while offering a long list of commitments in hopes to assuage public concerns. Prism Logistics LLC will consider drilling deep water wells… Read More
Mississippi Lime Company has launched a new global brand platform and will begin operating under the name MLC. The transformation of the company’s identity reflects MLC’s progress as an international lime solutions partner with an unwavering commitment to safety, sustainability and service. “MLC has been a trusted partner in lime for over a century. Our… Read More
The latest study released on the Global Sand Aggregate Market by HTF MI evaluates market size, trend, and forecast to 2030. The Sand Aggregate market study covers significant research data and proofs to be a handy resource document for managers, analysts, industry experts and other key people to have ready-to-access and self-analyzed study to help… Read More
Sublime Systems, a startup pioneering a revolutionary method of producing fossil-fuel-free cement, has been chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) to start negotiations for up to $87 million in funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. The funding, part of the Industrial Demonstrations Program, aims… Read More
Rebuilding beaches after hurricanes is costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars more than expected as the Army Corps of Engineers pumps mountains of sand onto storm-obliterated shorelines. Congress approved more than $770 million since 2018 for emergency beach “nourishment” projects after five megastorms struck Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Those costs shattered government expectations about… Read More
Duxbury Beach will have a different look starting this season. Thousands of tons of sand are being trucked onto the six-mile barrier beach to help fight erosion caused by storms. Scientists believe climate change may be causing more powerful and destructive storms than ever before. Along with adding sand, the work to rebuild and protect Duxbury… Read More
Alexandria, VA – National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association President & CEO Michael Johnson issued the following statement on today’s release of the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) final rule reducing silica dust exposure. “Though this final rule extended the compliance date to two years, we are greatly disappointed that our input during the comment period was… Read More
FRANK ADAMS (CHIEF, UPPER MATTAPONI INDIAN TRIBE): My name is Frank Adams. I’m Chief of the Upper Mattaponi Tribe. This is approximately 855 acres of reclaimed soil that used to be a sand and gravel mining operation. And when this property came onto the market, came up for sale, we decided that we could buy this… Read More
Sailing over the St. Paul River, the dredging machine moves slowly from one point of the water to another in Waterside, Virginia. Residents here are worried that the continuous dredging of sand from the river would cause erosion and affect their homes. But for Lichi Inc., sales are important so the dredging continues. “We are… Read More
Southeast Arkansas College (SEARK) is pleased to announce the receipt of a land donation from Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Company containing 34.27 acres southwest of SEARK College’s Main Campus. The partially cleared land also includes wooded sections. This generous contribution is a testament to Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel’s commitment to supporting education and… Read More