Gypsum industry news

US: ACG Materials has acquired Diamond Gypsum, a miner of gypsum products that are sold into various oil and gas, infrastructure and agricultural applications. The company owns and operates a quarry in central Oklahoma. No value for the transaction has been disclosed.

"We are excited to further strengthen our position as the leading industrial mineral and aggregate producer in the Midwest," said Paul Harrington, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ACG Materials. He added that the acquisition expands
ACG Materials' presence in the Sooner Trend Anadarko Basin Canadian and Kingfisher Counties (STACK) shale basin.

ACG Materials, a subsidiary of HIG Capital, is based in Norman, Oklahoma. It mines, mills, processes, and distributes industrial minerals and aggregates including gypsum, anhydrite, limestone, sand, gravel and downstream food, pharmaceutical and plaster products.