Sintex Minerals North America, Sintex Minerals International and Mineração Curimbaba are the key oilfield proppant establishments under the Curimbaba Group which is headquartered in Poços de Caldas, Brazil. Sintex Minerals North America was incorporated in Houston, Texas in 1993 while Sintex Minerals International was established in Montevideo, Uruguay in 2002. Mineração Curimbaba controls proven reserves of over 300 million metric tons of high grade bauxite ore, mainly in the Southern part of Brazil. Located on a 1,500-acre site near the corporate headquarters, Mineração Curimbaba’s processing and manufacturing operations provide multiple grades of bauxite proppant which is marketed and distributed world-wide by Sintex Minerals for use in the hydraulic fracture stimulation treatments of oil and gas wells.
To provide high quality industrial minerals, fertilizers and services with the effective use of its deposits and vertical integration of its processes, in order to guarantee the supply of its products and services for decades.
To be recognized as an International Group that adds value to its mineral deposits along its transformation chain to the point where it avoids competition with its clients.