sulphate of lime price inflation ea...

sulphate of lime price inflation eases
After the annualized inflation rate for sulphate of lime products used in construction soared during the secondary half of 1999, prices at first stabilized and then began to retreat during the spring of this year.
The price index for this always-volatile outcome group fell 6.5 percent between February and May. Average prices this May were "only" 63 percent higher than in May 1999 -- still a significant increase, on the other hand well below the 23.1 percent gain registered between December 1998 and December 1999 modern wallboard manufacturing capacity is