Gypsum industry news
US: Eagle Materials will call its Light Materials business the American Gypsum Company when it is spun-off in the summer of 2020. It has appointed Dave Powers, former Eagle Materials chief executive officer (CEO), will become the chairman of American Gypsum. Craig Kesler, current chief financial officer (CFO) of Eagle Materials, will become the president and CEO of American Gypsum.
The Light Materials business will continue as a producer of gypsum wallboard and recycled paperboard. It includes an integrated paperboard mill that supplies wallboard plants with facing paper as well as raw material reserves.
Alphaplatre delivers gypsum kiln to Algeria 13 February 2020
Algeria: France’s Alphaplatre has delivered an AP400 vertical kiln for a gypsum project in Algeria. The kiln has a plaster capacity of 400t/day. Alphaplatre's work on the project includes supplying equipment for gypsum preparation, calcination, grinding and bagging.
Cabot Gypsum to upgrade plant in Nova Scotia 13 February 2020
Canada: Cabot Gypsum is investing just under US$5m on upgrade to its Port Tupper gypsum wallboard plant in Nova Scotia. Company president Marcel Girouard said demand for rented residential properties was driving the expansion, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The project is expected to create up to 40 new jobs.
The wallboard producer has benefited from the building materials distribution network operated by its parent company, Acadian Drywall. It acquired the Port Tupper plant in 2011 following its closure in 2008.
