Gypsum supply opportunities from Mauritania

摘要

This article presents an overview of the natural gypsum resources in Mauritania. The country has enormous deposits of highly pure gypsum, located just 50km from a major deepwater port on the Atlantic Ocean, from where about 0.1 Mt of gypsum was exported in 2017 to cement sector clients in West Africa. The article discusses the export potential for Mauritanian gypsum to the cement industry and other sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and the United States.