Sintex Minerals North America, Sintex Minerals International and Mineração Curimbaba are the oilfield proppant companies of The Curimbaba Group, which is headquartered in Poços de Caldas, Brazil. Sintex Minerals North America was established in Houston, Texas in 1993 and Sintex Minerals International was established in Montevideo, Uruguay in 2002. Mineração Curimbaba controls over 300 million metric tons of high grade bauxite ore proven reserves in Southern 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.
Proveer minerales industriales, fertilizantes y servicios de alta calidad con el aprovechamiento eficaz de sus yacimientos e integración vertical de sus procesos, para garantizar el suministro de sus productos y servicios por décadas.
Ser reconocido como un Grupo Internacional que agrega valor a sus yacimientos minerales a lo largo de su cadena de transformación hasta el punto que evite la competencia con sus clientes.