(August 29, 2018, 7:04 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A panel of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 10 ruled that a company that mines sand for use in hydraulic fracturing operations did not owe production royalty payments to a landowner based on the “clear language” of the mining and leasing agreement the parties signed (Pronschinske Trust v. Kaw Valley Companies Inc., et al., No. 17-2889, 7th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 22292)....