Sentences with phrase «gypsum wallboard»
The price of gypsum wallboard has risen sharply since hurricanes tore through Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico.
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Trade disputes, hurricanes and rising demand from overseas are all pushing up the price of materials from gypsum wallboard to lumber and steel.
USG CORPORATION, $ 41.75, symbol USG on New York, manufactures gypsum wallboard (drywall), wallboard finishing materials, tile backers and underlayment, and ceiling tiles.
Although the cores of the World Trade Center towers were built of closely spaced, massive steel columns and beams, the fire stairs themselves were encased only by gypsum wallboard attached to metal studs: two 5 / 8 - inch - thick layers of wallboard on the exterior and one on the interior.
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Over the past 12 months, prices have increased 19 % on steel mill products, 17 % on copper and brass mill shapes, 7.6 % on gypsum products like wallboard and plaster, and 7.3 % on lumber and plywood, according to data released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A lot of FGD gypsum ends up in landfills, but companies also use it to make wallboard and cement.