China GengSheng Minerals, Inc., the China-based manufacturer of high-tech industrial materials, conducting its business through British Virgin Islands-registered GengSheng International Corporation, signed a definitive agreement with a local affiliate in Henan Province to manufacture 30,000 metric tons of its fracture proppants through the end of 2011. With this addition, China Gengsheng has increased its total annual fracture proppant capacity by 20% to 90,000 metric tons.
In conjunction with this new agreement, the company has terminated its operating lease, entered in October 2010, and ceased production of fracture proppant products at its leased manufacturing facility in Henan Province. The owner of the facility has released Gengsheng from the lease agreement without penalties and liabilities.
By words of Mr. Shunqing Zhang, Chairman and CEO of China GengSheng Minerals, “the worldwide increase in drilling activity continues to drive demand for the fracture proppants from both domestic and international customers.” He said that in 2010 fracture proppant orders totaled US$14.3 million, and the company has already received 2011 orders totaling approximately US$15.9 million.