Gypsum industry news

Bolivia: Representatives of the Vice Ministry of Mining, the National Service for the Registration and Control of the Marketing of Minerals and Metals, (SENARECOM), the Ministry of Mining of the Cochabamba Government, the Mining Cooperatives Federation of Cochabamba (FEDECOMIN) and gypsum producers have organised a meeting following a rise in the price of gypsum. The price of gypsum rose by 23% to US$23/t in late June 2018 following the setting of a new reference price by SENARECOM, according to the Los Tiempos newspaper. Since the price rise production at local plaster plants has been affected.