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Sunday, July 30, 2017, 3:40pm
By Rich Kremer

There are 11 new Texas frac sand mines and processing facilities in development capable of producing up to 45 million tons of sand per year. Analysts say this will take market share away from Wisconsin mines and could deal an especially painful blow when oil prices are down.

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