Gypsum industry news
Cuba: Rose Gypsum has won a tendering process to enter into negotiations to manufacture calcined gypsum, interior panels and ceiling panels and other gypsum based materials for the construction industry in Cuba.
Rose Gypsum said was selected on the grounds of its technical and professional expertise, following its negotiations with both Empresa Materiales De Construccion Ciego de Avila (EMC), the local state company responsible for the project and the Cuban Ministry of Construction (MICONS). The commencement of negotiations is scheduled to take place in Cuba in July 2016. Rose Gypsum is negotiating to become the joint operator, distributor and manufacturer on the project. If Rose Gypsum is successful in completing the deal, it will become the sole manufacturer of gypsum related products operating in Cuba.
"I am delighted with the progress we have made and I'm extremely excited about the opportunity we have to be involved in the rapidly expanding construction industry in Cuba and the redevelopment of the country. I am looking forward to the next phase of the negotiations and hope that we can conclude a successful transaction," said Matthew Idiens, CEO of Rose Gypsum.
Canada: The Canadian Gypsum Company has stopped gypsum mining for the summer at its Little Narrows quarry in Cape Breton. A local councillor quoted by the Cape Breton Post newspaper said that mining has now stopped for the year. However he didn't believe that the company had yet decided whether to shut down the site completely. He added that synthetic gypsum taken from the power plants was replacing natural gypsum at gypsum wallboard plants along the east coast of the US.
In January 2016 the subsidiary of USG laid off 14 winter maintenance workers at the site.