Gypsum industry news

Indonesia: Indonesia's largest producer of gypsum PT Petrojaya Boral Plasterboard (Jayaboard) is building a new gypsum board factory in Cilegon, Banten with a production capacity of 30MM²/yr. The project is estimated to cost US$25m and it will expand the capacity of the company to 65MM²/yr.

Construction of the project is already underway and it is to be completed in 2013 said Kil-Joo Lee, the president of the Boral subsidiary.