Gypsum industry news

Japan: Chiyoda-Ute will add its Chiba gypsum wallboard plant to its ‘green electricity’ mark scheme from September 2023. The certificate from Japan Natural Energy shows that products have been manufactured at a plant using electricity generated from a renewable source. The switch to using renewably-sourced electricity is expected to reduce CO₂ emissions at the Chiba plant by 3800t/yr.