Zawawi Gypsum, one of the leading mining and mineral processing companies in Oman successfully loaded its first export consignment of Gypsum from Port of Salalah today. The vessel loaded 66,000 MT of gypsum for India. USG – Zawawi Gypsum envisages the exports increasing to about 2 Million MT per annum within the next 3 years…. Read more »
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USG-Boral pact positions Zawawi Minerals for strong growth.
MUSCAT – A landmark joint venture agreement announced recently by two of the world’s largest gypsum board manufacturers augurs well for local Omani mining firm Zawawi Minerals’ ambitions to become a major player in the region’s booming cement and construction sector. Zawawi Minerals’ partner, USG Corporation of the United States, recently inked a 50:50 joint… Read more »
Boral Limited and USG Corporation to Form a World-Leading Plasterboard & Ceilings Joint Venture in Asia, Australasia & the Middle East
Combines USG’s best-in-class building products technologies and strategic assets in Asia, New Zealand and the Middle East with Boral’s leading plasterboard manufacturing and distribution footprint in Asia and Australia Leading share positions in most markets served and uniquely positioned for synergistic expansion US$1.6 billion1 50/50 joint venture with operations in 12 countries across Asia,… Read more »
Bank Sohar signs $45m deal for gypsum project
Muscat – Bank Sohar SAOG and USG-Zawawi Group recently signed a USD 45 Million financing agreement to set up and run a Gypsum Quarry and state of the art Gypsum Board manufacturing plant in the Sultanate. The manufacturing facility will be located in the Salalah Free Zone in the Dhofar Governorate. It will add further… Read more »
SFZ Project to boost local gypsum business
USG-Zawawi Drywall to start commercial production in 2014 By Kaushalendra Singh SALALAH – With a projected investment of $ 37 million, the USG-Zawawi Drywall LLC has signed an agreement to start a project in the Salalah Free Zone (SFZ). The company has already started detailed engineering process and placed orders for $16 million worth of… Read more »
Zawawi minerals and United States Gypsum investing to set up gypsum mining and gypsum value addition
Zawawi Minerals LLC announced that the company had established two joint ventures with USG Group of the United States of America (USG Corporation) for gypsum mining, Gypsum Board and Plaster of Paris manufacturing projects in the Salalah region. The Gypsum Board JV is being setup with investments equally by Zawawi Minerals and USG Corporation. The… Read more »
