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Jun 2, 2015 ... s Tunnel City silica extraction center last year began sending carloads of ... according to data from the state Department of Natural Resources. ... Shipments of sand from Unimin's Tunnel City mine have injected $222K into the local economy. ... industry, accounted for 24 percent of its gross regional product. More details ...

Unimin gives geology students lessons in sand mining 11th August 2014 Justin Poirier, a 2011 graduate of Altoona High School and a geology student at the Geology Department at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, spent the summer working for Unimin at a sand mine in Tunnel City in Monroe County.

Aug 02, 2016· Unimin Corporation is expanding its workforce at its plant in Tunnel City, Wisconsin. "Due to increased demand in the oil and gas markets and commitments from our valued customers, we have continued to add personnel to support the increase in unit train shipments since the beginning of April," Mark Massicotte, the Plant Manager said.

Unimin announced plans Monday to idle its Tunnel City frac sand plant, which will lead to 65 layoffs.

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Unimin was a great company but when it merged with another company to form Covia it lost most of what made it great - the people. Transformation is never easy but if done right, it can become greater than the original parts. This merger wasn't done with the people in mind and continues to struggle through change management.

Dec 23, 2011· Tuesday, Oct. 11-- Steve Groening, special projects manager for the 500-plus-acre sand mine that Unimin Corporation is building in Tunnel City, said at last night's regularly monthly town of Greenfield meeting that the mine should be producing sand by the end of 2013. Groening, who is the on-the-ground guy for the Tunnel City sand mine, gave an update about what Unimin is doing.

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Jun 02, 2015· Under the terms of Unimin's development contract, the company owes Greenfield 15 cents on the first million tons of sand it ships out of Tunnel City and 10 cents after that.

UNIMIN's Tunnel City plant is on schedule to begin operations by year's end and will subsequently begin rail shipments to supply the Pioneer Terminal with frac sand, said Lou Mastandrea, UNIMIN's ...

Tunnel City Facility – Green Tier Annual Report for 2017 Introduction The Unimin Corporation – Tunnel City facility is a non-metallic mining operation producing high quality silica sand for the hydraulic fracturing industry. Unimin is a leader in the specialty minerals industry and has placed

Tunnel City provided Unimin the opportunity to create a completely enclosed site where all mining, processing and shipping could occur. Having all activities on one site is the most efficient way to produce high quality silica sand while reducing potential effects on safety and the environment.

Jun 03, 2015· Under the terms of Unimin's development contract, the company owes Greenfield 15 cents on the first million tons of sand it ships out of Tunnel City and 10 cents after that. In 2014, the mine's first year of operation, Unimin paid out $222,019 to the community.

During a July 6 presentation at Greenfield Town Hall on the Tunnel City project, Unimin representative Steve Groening said the company had purchased several hundred acres .

Late in March 2016, Unimin announced plans to idle the Tunnel City frac sand plant due to a significant downturn in the market for frac sand and the potential need for a reduction in workforce. Although the plant ceased shipments for one week in preparation to idle, orders quickly ramped back up and no employees were affected.

Mar 23, 2016· Unimin announced plans Monday to idle its Tunnel City frac sand plant, which will lead to 65 layoffs.

Jun 2, 2015 ... s Tunnel City silica extraction center last year began sending carloads of ... according to data from the state Department of Natural Resources. ... Shipments of sand from Unimin's Tunnel City mine have injected $222K into the local economy. ... industry, accounted for 24 percent of its gross regional product. More details ...

Aug 03, 2016· TOMAH — The idling of the Unimin Corp. sand mining facility in Tunnel City was short-lived. Unimin announced Tuesday it has added 19 full-time employees at the plant.

The Unimin facility is starting to really crank up again and UP is aggressively going after the sand business in WI. I would not be surprised if they also go after the business at the Sparta US Silica plant as well which is just a short distance west. ... The ROW through Tunnel City has not been cleared yet other than for vehicle traffic. #1 is ...

Jul 31, 2011· Unimin paid a combined $5.3 million to the property owners in Tunnel City, a community 45 miles northeast of La Crosse named for a nearby railroad tunnel. This western Wisconsin community is in the midst of a land rush — call it a sand rush — fueled by exploding nationwide demand for fine silica sand used in hydraulic fracturing.

Tomorrow is the deadline for commenting on Unimin's air permit application for the Tunnel City sand mine. The Department of Natural Resources requires Unimin to get such a permit showing that it will build a facility that meets state and federal standards for air emissions.

Dakota Plains Holdings Inc. (OTC: DAKP) and Unimin Corp. have jointly announced a frac sand storage and transloading facility to be built at the Pioneer Terminal in New Town (Mountrail County), N.D. The new facility will have a throughput capacity of approximately 750,000 tons per year. Construction is under way and operations are expected to commence by January 2014.

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In this April 18, 2011 photo, the Unimin sand is prized by the fracking industry because the individual grains are very hard and round, in Ottawa, Minn. Energy companies use "frac sand.
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