Five Chinese companies manufactured the 10 drywall samples tested for CPSC and found to emit the highest levels of hydrogen sulfide. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission identifed five Chinese ...

An international team of scientists has proposed a method of production of high-quality gypsum binders based on synthetic calcium sulfate dihydrate produced from industrial waste. Tests of the ...

Applied Rigaku Technologies, Inc. has announced a new empirical method for the analysis of sulfur in gypsum. Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral added to Portland cement to prevent flash setting of ...

New technology could hopefully assist in repairing caustic drywall imported from China: As Florida and other parts of the nation continue to get their hands around the problems caused by home and ...

Samples of drywall imported from China contained higher concentrations of elemental sulfur than non-Chinese-made drywall, according to initial report released today by a federal interagency task force ...

Since December 2008, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received 3,628 reports from residents in 39 states, the District of Columbia, and some of its territories concerning problem ...

Stakeholders in the mining sector have called for the development and proper utilisation of gypsum in Nigeria. They made the call at a one-day stakeholders’ forum organised by the Raw Materials ...

Typically, builders use domestically produced drywall that is made from the mineral gypsum. But in 2006, amid the housing boom and the scramble for construction materials along the Gulf Coast for post ...

For hundreds and potentially thousands of homeowners across Florida and elsewhere, they are the tell-tale signs of tainted Chinese drywall, a growing problem that has sparked myriad state and federal ...