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Saint-Gobain Enters Agreement to Acquire Continental Building Products

“Saint-Gobain and Continental Building Products (NYSE: CBPX) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Saint-Gobain will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Continental Building Products for $37.00 per share, in cash, in a transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion (approximately €1.3 billion).”

What Will Happen to Drywall Plants Using Coal Ash?

This article highlights the impact of Bruce Mansfield coal power plant’s future closure in the nearby National Gypsum drywall plant. Like many other drywall plants, it is located adjacent to a coal plant and connected to it by conveyor belts, to reprocess the coal plant’s waste to produce wallboard.

In the article, National Gypsum says it’s committed to diversify its gypsum supply in order to continue operating the drywall plant after the coal plant closes.

Read the full article here.

Gyproc launches wallboard recycling service in Ireland

Gyproc launches wallboard recycling service in Ireland

Gyproc has launched what it says is the country’s first wallboard recycling service at its Kingscourt plant in County Cavan. The subsidiary of Saint-Gobain hopes to recycle 0.5Mt of wallboard by 2028.