US: CertainTeed soil conditioner and soil amendment subsidiary Western Mining and Minerals has taken over management of the former CertainTeed gypsum wallboard plant site in Cody, Wyoming. The Cody Enterprise newspaper has reported that the plant will produce gypsum for agricultural purposes. The producer decommissioned the former wallboard plant in December 2020 after it ceased production in January 2020.
US mining operations manager Roberto Margutti said, “With the agri-gypsum business (and other business opportunities generated with the mine operation), we expect to grow the team from 30% to 50% in the next three to five years.” He added, “We are pleased to be building our new operation with support from many of the same employees who have worked in our drywall plant previously, who will now help operate and manage the agricultural gypsum business.”
