Crisafulli Government investment kick-starts silica mining south of Innisfail, creating 180 new jobs. Mourilyan Silica Sands ...

A Far North minerals company will deliver 180 new jobs for the region after receiving an eight-figure sum from the state ...

This latest data builds on the previous trials and further validates HPQ’s attempted transition from small-batch lab production to semi-continuous pilot-scale manufacturing. MONTREAL — HPQ Silicon Inc ...

The rise of fracking as a method for extracting natural gas from shale rock has triggered demand for a key ingredient in the process: silica sand. In parts of the upper Midwest, there's been a rush to ...

The following is a Press Release from PPG Industries: PITTSBURGH, Sept. 22, 2011 – PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) announced today that it is increasing its global precipitated silica production capacity ...

When workplace safety expert Eric Esswein got a chance to see fracking in action not too long ago, what he noticed was all the dust. It was coming off big machines used to haul around huge loads of ...