News

• May 13, 2013

  U.S. Silica Exceeds Sustainability Targets in Workplace Safety, Community Investment and Environmental Protection

  U.S. Silica reported today that the company exceeded all of its 2012 Sustainability Targets including those for workplace safety, community investment and environmental protection. The company released its third annual Sustainability Report, Connected, which provides a summary of the company’s goals and accomplishments over the past year. ...read more

• September 28, 2012

  Anti-Fracking Forces Not Slowing U.S. Silica, Says CEO

  Bryan Shinn, CEO of U.S. Silica, says the increase in domestic oil and gas drilling is propelling the proppant business despite the negative sentiment against fracking. ...read more

• September 27, 2012

  U.S. Silica Donates Archaeological Collection to University of Wisconsin–La Crosse

  Academic community, public have opportunity to study prehistoric artifacts ...read more

• September 10, 2012

  U.S. Silica Founding Member of Wisconsin Industrial Sand Association

  Group’s code of conduct sets operational standards for sand mining companies ...read more

• August 13, 2012

  Troop 25 Completes Service Project

  Over 40 Scouts and their families of Boy Scout Troop 25 recently participated in a conservation project for the Mapleton Plant of US Silica Corp. On a warm Saturday morning, the volunteers planted over 1000 seedling pine trees to stabilize the soil in an area that had been surface mined in their North Quarry near Fousetown. ...read more

• August 1, 2012

  Donation Inches Camp Tuckabatchee Closer to Pool Payoff

  On Tuesday, U.S. Silica presented a check for $10,000 to slice away at the camp's pool debt. The donation leaves the camp with slightly more than $20,000 left to pay. ...read more

• July 11, 2012

  U.S. Silica’s Corporate Stewardship: Second Annual Sustainability Report

  U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SLCA) today released its second annual Sustainability Report – “Above and Beyond” – the result of a year-long strategic assessment of progress toward the company’s 2017 sustainability goals. ...read more

• June 22, 2012

  Canadian Pacific and U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Announce Multi-year Agreement for the Transport of Frac Sand

  Minneapolis, MN /CNW/ - Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) and U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SLCA), today announced a multi-year agreement for the movement of frac sand from U.S. Silica’s newest mining and processing facility in Sparta, Wisconsin. ...read more

• June 18, 2012

  U.S. Silica and BNSF Railway Partner to Significantly Increase Proppant Supply to Eagle Ford

  Frederick, MD, June 18, 2012 -- U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SLCA) today announced an innovative alliance with BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) to build a new silica sand storage facility in San Antonio, TX, that will support the rapidly growing oil and gas extraction industry in the Eagle Ford shale. ...read more

• June 13, 2012

  U.S. Silica Announces Authorization of Share Repurchase Plan

  U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SLCA), the second largest domestic producer of commercial silica, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to repurchase up to $25.0 million of Company common stock. The repurchase program will be funded over the next 18 months using the Company's available cash. ...read more

• May 7, 2012

  Preschoolers Get Bucket Full of Knowledge

  Students from St. John’s Preschool in Hagerstown recently took a trip to the U.S. Silica Co. plant in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., as part of their study about Earth Day. ...read more

• April 9, 2012

  U.S. Silica Partners with IMSA to Offer Educational Opportunities

  About 150 students from Streator's Northlawn Junior High, Dimmick School, and Marseilles Elementary School visited U.S. Silica for hands-on research for their latest assignment — identifying solutions to implement the company's sustainability initiative. ...read more

• March 28, 2012

  U.S. Silica, IMSA® Partner to Bring Hands-On Learning to Local Classrooms

  About 150 students from area LaSalle County schools will visit the U.S. Silica facility in Ottawa on Thursday, March 29 to get an up-close look at their latest research assignment – identifying solutions that expand the sand-mining company’s sustainable operations. Students will tour the plant starting at 10 a.m. ...read more

• March 20, 2012

  U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Announces Record Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results

  Mar. 20, 2012-- U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SLCA) today announced net income of $30.3 million, or $0.61 per basic and diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared with net income of $11.4 million, or $0.23per share for the same period in 2010. Included in net income and earnings per share are non-recurring management advisory fees of$9.3 million (or $0.12 per share, tax effected) in 2011 which includes a termination fee of $8.0 million which was accrued at December 31, 2011 and paid on February 6, 2012, and $1.3 million (or $0.02 per share, tax effected) in 2010. ...read more

• March 2, 2012

  U.S. Silica Helps Ottawa YMCA Usher in a New Era

  Ottawa’s YMCA is sporting a new look thanks to a donation from U.S. Silica. Two recently installed signs on the building exterior now display the YMCA’s new logo, and bring the local chapter in line with the national organization’s efforts to rebrand the group for the future. ...read more

• March 2, 2012

  Next Generation of Classroom Technology Comes to McKinley

  McKinley Elementary teachers will demonstrate state-of-the-art classroom technology donated by U.S. Silica at a Technology Open House on Tuesday Feb. 28 at 8 a.m. at the school, 1320 State Street in Ottawa. The Open House will include a breakfast and a tour of the classrooms equipped with the new and interactive technology. ...read more

• January 31, 2012

  U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Announces Pricing of Its Initial Public Offering

  U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Announces Pricing of Its Initial Public Offering ...read more

• January 17, 2012

  U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering

  U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. announced today that it has commenced an initial public offering of 11,764,705 shares of its common stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. ...read more

• November 21, 2011

  PRESS RELEASE - U.S. Silica's Frank Syfan named Society of Petroleum Engineer's Distinguished Lecturer

  The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) selected 27 global technical experts to their Distinguished Lecturer 2012-2013 program, including Frank Syfan of U.S. Silica. ...read more

• October 16, 2011

  Boy Scouts Descend on Mauricetown

  On 10/16/11 the Boy Scouts from Vineland and Cape May troops descended on the Mauricetown Park to conduct fall sprucing up. ...read more

• October 13, 2011

  Moving Forward Sustainably

  U.S. Silica is committed to operating as a sustainable company to support prosperity for all in the future. We define sustainability as the integration of three pillars: People, Planet and Prosperity. ...read more

• June 29, 2011

  PRESS RELEASE - U.S. Silica launches BEACH WHITE Volleyball Sands to support popular sport

  U.S. Silica partners with American Volleyball Coaches Association to develop official guidelines for new NCAA sport: Division I and Division II Women's Sand Volleyball. ...read more

• June 12, 2011

  Mister Sand Man: New CEO Visits U.S. Silica

  Brian Slobodow, the new chief executive office of U.S. Silica, praised the Ottawa sand mining plant as the "crown jewel" of his company's 13 facilities no in operation throughout the Midwest and Easter United States during a recent visit. ...read more

• March 8, 2011

  U.S. Silica Jackson Plant Wins Pinnacle Award

  On March 8, 2011, the Jackson Plant was the proud recipient of the 2010 Pinnacle Award for Small Industry of the Year from the Jackson, TN Area Chamber of Commerce. ...read more

• November 12, 2010

  US Silica Facility Achieves 1,000,000 Hours

  1,000,000 hours – Nearly 11 years of day in, day out work, sixty million minutes in the heat of summer and the freezing cold of winter, around large dangerous earth moving equipment, speeding conveyor belts, red hot sand dryers, and floating dredges; unlimited opportunities to get injured and be out of work. The workers at the U.S. Silica Plant in Mauricetown have successfully worked around such hazards for over 1,000,000 hours and have done so without having a Lost Time Accident (LTA). ...read more

• August 15, 2010

  Larry McKibbin - Patriot Award - US Department of Defense

  On August 5th, Larry McKibbin, US Silica Company Plant Manager was awarded the Patriot Award from the United States Department of Defense. Dan Callahan III, Program Support Specialist for The National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve - Tennessee, presented the award along with a lapel pin and informational DVD. ...read more