Canada: Knauf subsidiary CGC has commissioned its US$150m Wheatland County gypsum wallboard plant in Alberta. The plant will produce Sheetrock brand gypsum wallboard with 20% lower CO₂ emissions and 25% lower water usage than previously. It will partly power its operations with a captive solar power plant and will send zero production waste to landfill. The plant is part of a US$233m project that also included the revitalisation of CGC’s Little Narrows gypsum quarry in Nova Scotia.

Chris Macey, CEO of parent company USG, said "Wheatland represents a major milestone for our business and a significant commitment to the future of manufacturing and construction in North America. The new facility strengthens our manufacturing network, adds critical capacity in Western markets and improves our ability to deliver the quality, reliability and performance our customers expect."

Mongolia: New Progress Group subsidiary Eco Drive has started up a new gypsum wallboard plant in Sergelen, Töv Province, Montsame News has reported. The company aims to eventually scale up operations to cover Mongolia’s entire 18.5Mm²/yr gypsum wallboard market. The country spent US$62.8m on gypsum wallboard imports in 2025. Eco Drive employs 100 people at the Töv plant.

New Progress Group also owns the Khovd Eco Cement cement plant in Khovd Province.

Brazil: The João Santos Group is auctioning 10 mining lots in Pernambuco, including areas in the Araripe gypsum complex. Two gypsum areas in Ipubi have an estimated 7.2Mt total gypsum reserves. Lots are spread across Ipubi, Goiana, Ipojuca, Itaquitinga and Jaboatão dos Guararapes and are available from US$24.4m, with a minimum purchase price for all 10 of US$13.4m. Local press has reported that the sale is part of a tax settlement between the João Santos Group and the Office of the Attorney General for the National Treasury. Bidding closes on 18 June 2026.

Canada: Saint-Gobain subsidiary CertainTeed Canada expects to extract 1.5Mt/yr of natural gypsum and anhydrite from its upcoming Antrim gypsum quarry in Lake Egmont, Nova Scotia, after it enters operation in 2027. Local press has reported that the project secured industrial approval earlier in May 2026. Gypsum extracted at the mine will travel 80km by road to the port of Sheet Harbour, for shipping to the company's Mississauga (Ontario) and Sainte-Catherine (Quebec) gypsum wallboard plants, as well as to other Saint-Gobain gypsum wallboard plants in the US. It will have a 20-year working lifespan.

Saint-Gobain North America said "The Antrim mine is a strategic location to supply our northeastern North American manufacturing facilities with high-quality raw materials.”