CARBO Ceramics Receives Board Approval on Resin-Coating Expansion

CARBO Ceramics Inc. CRR today reported that its Board of Directors has approved a resin-coating capacity expansion at the Company's recently acquired Marshfield, Wisconsin, location.  As indicated in the Company's first quarter 2011 earnings release, this expansion project, which is subject to state and local permitting approval, will involve the construction of a facility with an initial capacity of up to 600 million pounds annually.  Project completion is estimated prior to the end of 2012. CARBO is the world's largest supplier of ceramic proppant for fracturing oil and gas wells; provider of the industry's most popular fracture simulation software; and a provider of fracture design and consulting services. The Company also provides a broad range of technologies for spill prevention, containment and countermeasures, along with geotechnical monitoring.