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.

US: Jimmy Mason has been appointed as President of the Gypsum Division and Senior Vice President at USG, effective from 1 June 2026.

Mason brings more than 25 years of experience in the building products industry, with leadership across operations, sales, marketing, product management and strategy. USG said that he will guide its gypsum business into its next chapter as it continues to focus on ‘safety, people, customer partnerships, operational excellence, innovation and growth.’

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.”

Kyrgyzstan: The Kyrgyz Geological Service will auction a subsoil-use licence for the Kurgaksay gypsum deposit in the Ton District of Issyk-Kul Region, Kyrgyzstan Newsline has reported. The closing date for applications is 8 June 2026.