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U.S. Silica cuts 10% of workforce as frac sand demand wanes- oil and gas 360

U.S. Silica cuts 10% of workforce as frac sand demand wanes

Reuters U.S. Silica Holdings Inc said on Friday it had cut about 230 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, as demand for its frac sand comes under pressure from oil and gas producers reducing drilling in the backdrop of volatile prices.   The job cuts included employees impacted by idling of its two mines in Utica, Illinois and Tyler, Texas,