Lafarge announces expansion.* Lafarge North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. Inc., Toronto, has announced that it will put approximately $75 million into expanding and renovating its gypsum gypsum (jĭp`səm), mineral composed of calcium sulfate (calcium, sulfur, and oxygen) with two molecules of water, CaSO4·2H2O. It is the most common sulfate mineral, occurring in many places in a variety of forms. drywall manufacturing facility in Buchanan, N.Y., according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a release from the company. The project is expected to begin in mid-2005 and is scheduled to be completed in 2006. Once finished, the facility is expected to be capable of producing 650 million square feet of gypsum wallboard per year, according to the release. The Buchanan plant was built in 1960 and acquired by Lafarge in 1996. Lafarge operates four drywall plants in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and two in Canada. |
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