Badger Mining Corporation

What Badger Mining Corporation does

Badger Mining Corporation (BMC) is a family-owned industrial silica sand miner and processor headquartered in Berlin, Wisconsin, tracing its origin to a silica deposit purchased by C.A. Chier in 1946 and incorporated under its current name in 1979. The company operates four processing facilities — Fairwater WI, Taylor WI, Hixton WI, and Kermit TX — drawing from the Wonewoc and St. Peter sandstone formations, with proprietary mining, washing, drying, and coating processes certified to ISO 9001:2015. Its branded product portfolio spans Badger*Frac® Northern White frac sand, Badger*Cast® foundry sand, Badger Pure Permian regional proppant, and specialty sands for 3D printing, glass, filtration, construction, recreation, geothermal, friction, and agriculture applications.

BMC serves industrial customers across the United States, Canada, and Mexico through a combination of direct rail shipment from facilities sited on WSOR, Canadian National, and Union Pacific lines, plus an owned transload distribution network. Two end-markets are primary: oil and gas (hydraulic fracturing proppant, supported since 1979 and deepened by full ownership of Canadian supplier AMI Silica acquired in August 2025) and metalcasting (foundry sand, the company's historical core since the early 1900s). Revenue is generated through one-time product sales under direct commercial relationships, with pricing determined per quote rather than published; the company is owned by North Cliff Corporation, a Chier-Hess family holding company in its 3rd and 4th generations of family control.

Name

Badger Mining Corporation

Legal name

Badger Mining Corporation

Website

https://badgerminingcorp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Badger Mining Corporation is a family-owned industrial silica sand miner and processor operating four plants in Wisconsin and Texas, producing frac sand, foundry sand, and specialty sands for oil and gas, metalcasting, glass, filtration, construction, and other industrial customers across North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Silica Sand

NAICS

Industrial Sand Mining (212322), Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333131)

SIC

Metal Mining (1000), Mining Machinery & Equip (No Oil & Gas Field Mach & Equip) (3532)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Sand (Silica Sand for Foundry, Glass & Industrial Uses) (IMAKAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Silica & Quartz Mining (Industrial Silica Sand, High-Purity Quartz) (IMAKAGAK), Sand & Gravel Extraction & Processing (IMAKAHAB)

Keywords

• Industrial silica sand
• Frac sand proppant
• Foundry casting sand
• Resin coated sand
• Silica sand processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Industrial Silica Sand Product Sales: BMC generates revenue through the sale of high-quality industrial silica sand products across multiple applications including hydraulic fracturing (frac sand), foundry metal casting, construction, glass manufacturing, filtration, recreation, agriculture, and 3D printing. Products include Badger*Cast® foundry sand, Badger*Frac® Northern White frac sand, Badger Pure Permian, and specialized glass, filtration, construction, and recreation sands. Revenue is derived from direct sales to industrial customers across North America via rail and transload distribution.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Badger Mining Corporation mines, processes, and sells high-purity industrial silica sand under the Badger®Sand brand for diverse industrial applications. Core product lines include Badger*Cast® round grain foundry sand for metalcasting, Badger*Frac® Northern White frac sand and Badger Pure Permian frac sand for hydraulic fracturing in oil and gas, plus specialty silica sands for glass manufacturing, water filtration, construction, recreation, friction, geothermal, agriculture, and 3D sand printing. The company supports these products with laboratory testing, consulting, and rail-based distribution across North America.

Product overview

Badger Mining Corporation is a family-owned industrial silica sand supplier offering a portfolio of branded products centered on Badger®Sand as the core brand. The product line includes Badger*Cast*® for foundry metal casting applications and Badger*Frac*® for hydraulic fracturing in oil and gas extraction, along with Badger Pure Permian for regional Permian Basin proppant demand. These are complemented by specialized sand products for 3D printing, glass manufacturing, filtration, construction, recreation, friction, geothermal, and agricultural applications. Professional support services including laboratory testing and consulting are also provided to foundry customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Badger®Sand: Premium industrial silica sand products including foundry sand (BadgerCast®), frac sand (BadgerFrac®), Badger Pure Permian, and specialty sands for glass, filtration, construction, recreation, friction, geothermal, and agriculture applications
• BadgerCast®
• BadgerFrac®
• Badger Pure Permian

Products and services

• Badger*Cast® Foundry Sand

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AMI Silica (AMIS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025In August 2025, BMC acquired the remaining 50% interest in AMI Silica, achieving full (100%) ownership. This acquisition solidifies BMC's expanded and continued commitment to the Canadian oil and gas industry (supported since 1979). The full integration enhances supply assurance across key basins, expands access to transload and shipping infrastructure, streamlines coordination through a unified team, provides greater consistency in product quality, and enables innovation via new product and service offerings. Prior to full acquisition, AMI Silica was a 50/50 joint venture.
• Atlas Resin ProppantscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn 2005, BMC partnered to develop a resin coated sand company with Atlas. The first plant was built near the BMC plant at Taylor, Wisconsin on the CN rail line. Capacity was quickly doubled and a second plant was built near Merrillan, Wisconsin on the Union Pacific rail line. A third plant was constructed near plant number two. In 2015, Atlas Resin Proppants was merged into BMC, bringing resin coated and raw sand products to the marketplace under BMC ownership.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• U.S. Silica Holdings: U.S. Silica is one of the largest North American producers of industrial silica sand, with significant overlap in frac sand, foundry sand, glass sand, and filtration products. BMC competes head-to-head with U.S. Silica across most of its product portfolio and into similar oil and gas and industrial end markets.
• Covia Holdings: Covia (formerly Fairmount Santrol) is a major North American industrial minerals producer with a comparable frac sand, foundry, glass, and filtration sand portfolio. BMC and Covia directly compete in oil and gas proppants and foundry markets with overlapping customer bases and similar rail-based distribution models.
• Atlas Energy Solutions: Atlas Energy Solutions (formerly Atlas Sand) is a Permian Basin-focused frac sand producer directly competing with BMC's Kermit, TX facility for Northern Delaware Basin customers. Both companies target the in-basin logistics advantage for Permian operators with similar mesh size offerings (40/70, 50/140, 70/140).
• Smart Sand: Smart Sand is a pure-play Northern White frac sand producer with comparable Wisconsin-origin raw material and rail-based logistics. BMC and Smart Sand compete directly for oil and gas customers seeking high-quality Northern White frac sand from the same geological formations.
• Source Energy Services: Source Energy Services is a Canadian-focused frac sand producer and logistics provider that competes with BMC's newly consolidated AMI Silica business for Canadian oil and gas customers. Both companies serve Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin operators with Northern White and regional sand products.
• Emerge Energy Services: Emerge Energy Services operates one of the largest Northern White frac sand mines in Wisconsin (Emerald Bruneau), directly competing with BMC's Wisconsin operations for U.S. and Canadian oil and gas customers. The companies share Wonewoc/St. Peter sandstone formation sourcing.
• Vista Proppants and Logistics: Vista Proppants and Logistics is a frac sand producer focused on fine-mesh in-basin and Northern White sand, competing with BMC's Badger*Frac® product line in oil and gas markets. Both companies serve operators in major U.S. basins with multiple mesh size offerings.
• Hi-Crush Inc. Hi-Crush (and its successor entities) operates Northern White frac sand mines and transload terminals in Wisconsin and across the U.S., competing with BMC across oil and gas and industrial sand customers. Both are mid-sized private/public frac sand producers with similar rail-based logistics models.
• Preferred Sands: Preferred Sands produces Northern White frac sand and resin-coated proppants, competing directly with BMC's Badger*Frac® and Atlas Resin Proppants lines. Both companies serve oil and gas customers with value-added proppant products and have similar Wisconsin and multi-region footprints.

Broad incumbents

• Sibelco: Sibelco is a global industrial minerals company (Belgian-headquartered) operating across silica, nepheline, feldspars, and other industrial minerals. It is named alongside BMC as a key global silica sand player and competes broadly in glass, foundry, and filtration sand end markets with greater geographic diversification.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/badgerminingcorp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/761002

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Badger Mining Corporation