MINNEAPOLIS — Low oil prices and reduced drilling in shale regions like North Dakota are hurting the once fast-growing frac sand industry, slashing demand and forcing price cuts that have led some ...

CHICAGO (June 8) – A new Policy Study from The Heartland Institute shows industrial sand mining has been “a significant driver of economic growth across the Upper Midwest.” If done in an ...

Hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking,” has created an energy revolution for the oil and gas industries in states such as North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. If governments ...

(Bloomberg) -- Bumping along the desolate highways of the Permian Basin, the world’s busiest oil field, there are long stretches where all you see are drilling rigs, sage brush and miles upon miles of ...

I, along with thousands of other Minnesotans, have signed the Land Stewardship Project petition urging Gov. Mark Dayton to enact a two-year moratorium on frac-sand mining in southeastern Minnesota, ...

In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 photo, frac sand destined for the oil and gas fields piles up at the EOG Resources Inc. processing plant in Chippewa Falls, Largely overlooked in the national debate ...

I support banning frac sand mining. For several years, the extraction of silica sand in our driftless region of the upper Midwest has been predicated by the sand industry as an opportunity to ...

I am not sure if many of you are aware of this or not, but there is a boom happening in the frac sand market. As the need for oil companies to drill deeper and extract more oil from existing wells ...

The city of Winona’s Planning Commission has voiced support for an environmental impact statement that would analyze effects of the frac sand industry in southeast Minnesota. The commission voted 4-3 ...

Sometimes in business, as in life, when a big decision doesn’t immediately pay off, it can seem like failure – but often, you just have to wait a little while. That was the case for Filamar Energy ...