Gypsum industry news

India: Residents of Baramulla have commenced protests against renewed gypsum mining in the district in Jammu and Kashmir. Local press has reported that the protestors claim the operations cause ‘serious’ harm to health and agriculture. The village council of Salamabad responded by temporarily suspending operations at the site in question.

Japan: Circular economy company TRE Holdings, a joint holding company of Takeei Corporation and River Holdings, raised its sales by 17% year-on-year to US$175m in the first quarter of the 2025 financial year. Its pre-tax profit was US$16.7m, up by 82% year-on-year. Gypsum wallboard recycling subsidiaries Green Arrows and Gypro reported a decline in sales and profit amid ‘sluggish’ order volumes.

For the full 2025 financial year, TRE Holdings expects to record sales of US$673m, up by 7%, and pre-tax profit of US$53.7m, up by 2%, in line with its previous outlook.

Australia: Saint-Gobain subsidiary CSR plans to expand its Welshpool gypsum wallboard plant in Western Australia. The producer plans to upgrade the plant’s production line and expand warehouses that serve it and the neighbouring Bradford building materials plant. CSR said that the upgrade to the Welshpool wallboard plant will reduce its consumption of natural gas and electricity and facilitate its transition to alternative fuels or electricity.

CEO Paul Dalton said "This significant investment will make Welshpool safer and more sustainable, increase capacity and improve productivity and cost efficiency, all while removing risk from our supply chain.”

Türkiye: Arslanlı has commissioned its new Elazığ gypsum wallboard plant in Eastern Anatolia. ERBA Makina supplied equipment for the plant’s production line. In a post to LinkedIn, ERBA Makina project manager Kadir Ünlü said that the line has a capacity of 30m²/min.

US: The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is receiving public comment on its revised 2021 Climate Protection Program, under which natural gas users, including gypsum wallboard producers, will face tighter emissions regulations. The programme will enable plants to buy credits for emissions above regulation level, with the money raised primarily going to fund community-based projects. Local press has reported that the revised rules aim to help realise a 50% reduction in CO₂ emissions by 2035 and a 90% reduction by 2050. The latest revision also shortens companies’ compliance period from three years to two.