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Fort Dodge Gypsum Mines Face Fading Future
Iowa’s Fort Dodge region, home to the state’s largest gypsum deposit, faces an approaching end as about a fourth of its original gypsum remains. Industry leaders warn 30 to 40 years of major mining, with hope pinned on new deposits or synthetic gypsum from power plant byproducts, while USG plans in Alabama to expand wallboard production.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Dick Whitcome
Celotex Gypsum Co
Minneapolis
Chicago
Harvey Reimer
U.S. Gypsum Co
USG
Reimer
Paris
Walt Stevens
The
Fort Dodge Messenger