
Gypsum industry news
Kazakhstan: The government of Kazakhstan will impose a three-month ban on imports of gypsum wallboard from 22 July 2025.
Interfax Central Asia News has reported that Kazakhstan produced 35.5Mm2 of gypsum wallboard in 2024, corresponding to 77% utilisation of its 46Mm2/yr capacity. Domestic demand was 38.8Mm2.
US Gypsum production rises steadily in 2024
26 February 2025US: Gypsum producers mined 22Mt of natural gypsum in 2024, according to the figures published by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Production rose by 2% year-on-year from 21.5Mt in 2023. The USGS listed California, Iowa and Kansas as the top producers among 15 gypsum-mining states in the US in 2024. 45 different mines contributed to the total. Major domestic applications for the gypsum included use as raw materials in the country’s 3.16Bnm2/yr-capacity gypsum wallboard industry. The sector sold an estimated 2.6Bnm2 of wallboard throughout the year, up by 4% year-on-year.
The US exported 45,000t of natural gypsum during 2024, up by 2% from 44,000t in 2024. Its imports declined year-on-year, meanwhile, by 4%, from 7.77Mt to 7.4Mt – 17% of a total domestic consumption of 44Mt.
US calcined gypsum price more than doubles decade-on-decade
26 February 2025US: National calcined gypsum prices were US$63/t in 2024, up by 5% year-on-year, Statista has reported. The figure more than doubled decade-on-decade from US$27/t in 2014.
Tunisia: The president of Tunisia’s National Chamber of Gypsum Institutions and Professions, Maysara Al-Baroudi, has spoken about the untapped economic potential of Tunisia’s gypsum reserves. Addressing delegates at the Afro-European Economic Forum in Hammamet, Naboul Governorate, Al-Baroudi said that Tunisia’s reserves were close in volume to those of Canada, which the US Geological Survey reported as having 450Mt in 2024. In Tunisia, deposits of gypsum are situated in the Chaîne du Thaljah Mountains in Gafsa Governorate and in the Oued El Ghar area of Tataouine Governorate.
Initiatives that aim to generate increased value from the reserves include three upcoming gypsum products plants scheduled to launch in 2026 and a major community enterprise for gypsum extraction.
Azerbaijan raises gypsum production in 2024
22 January 2025Azerbaijan: National production of construction gypsum was 103,000t in 2024, Azer-Press News has reported that this corresponds to year-on-year growth of 21%.
Oman export statistics published for January – August 2024
06 September 2024Oman: The country exported 8.07Mt of gypsum from January 2024 to August 2024, according to data from Zawawi Minerals. Oman exported 11.2Mt in 2023, up by 11% year-on-year from 9.9Mt in 2022.
United States Geological Survey’s first-quarter 2024 US gypsum market figures show steady growth
04 June 2024US: US gypsum wallboard sales grew by 1% year-on-year to 628Mm2 during the first quarter of 2024. The country imported 20.1Mm2 of gypsum wallboard, down by 13% year-on-year. Mexico supplied 19.3Mm2 (96%) and Canada 800,000m2 (4%) of imports. Meanwhile, the US exported 19.1Mm2 of gypsum wallboard during the quarter, 18Mm2 (94%) of it to Canada.
Azerbaijan almost doubles gypsum production in 2023
16 February 2024Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan’s production of construction gypsum increased by 98% year-on-year to 85,000t in 2023, data from the State Statistics Committee has shown. BNI IntelliNews has reported year-on-year growth of 32% in the overall value of building materials produced in Azerbaijan in 2023, to US$694m.
US gypsum wallboard consumption falls slightly in 2023
01 February 2024US: National consumption of gypsum wallboard dropped by 4.3% year-on-year to 2.51Mm2 in 2023, according to United States Geological Survey (USGS) data. Demand for natural gypsum was 45Mt, up by 3% from 43.7Mt in 2022. The market imported 8.1Mt of gypsum throughout the year, up by 18% year-on-year.
Domestic production of crude gypsum in the US dropped by 1.3% year-on-year in 2023, to 22Mt. Exports grew by 15% to 45,000t.
US Geological Survey records slight drop in natural gypsum production in first nine months of 2023
14 December 2023US: The US Geological Survey reported domestic natural gypsum production volumes of 16.3Mt during the first nine months of 2023, down by 0.3% year-on-year from 16.4Mt during the corresponding part of 2022. Meanwhile, calcined gypsum production volumes grew by 1.2%, to 14Mt from 13.8Mt. Throughout the period, the US imported 5.91Mt of crude gypsum, up by 35% year-on-year. Spain supplied 2.4Mt (41%) of imports, followed by Mexico with 1.7Mt (29 %) and Canada with 1.56Mt (26%).