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Cement Producers Outpace ACA Roadmap Carbon Benchmarks

1 week ago5 days ago Cement Optimized News

The American Cement Association confirmed producer member adherence to Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality goals in an early-December industry and media briefing, stressing U.S. cement companies’ two leading trajectories: upward carbon dioxide (CO2) or CO2 equivalent (CO2e) emissions avoidance and downward carbon intensity per metric ton of material shipped. ACA President and CEO Mike Ireland opened the briefing, themed “Construction Materials Carbon Progress” and…

USGS: Cement Production Rises in Third Quarter

2 weeks ago1 week ago Cement Optimized News

Portland (including blended) cement consumption was estimated to have increased by 4% in the third quarter of 2025 compared with that of the third quarter of 2024, according to Jason Christopher Willett, commodity specialist, National Minerals Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS.)

U.S. Summer Cement Outlook

4 months ago4 months ago Cement Optimized News

Construction Materials Economist Ed Sullivan just came out with his Summer Forecast. His conclusion: the near-term outlook is sour. The Summer Forecast reflects rising tariff-induced inflation, a significant consumer spending slowdown, a weaker job market, and an initially hesitant Federal Reserve that is slow to cut interest rates.

Sullivan Takes Aim at Retail Construction

5 months ago Cement Optimized News

Construction-materials economist Ed Sullivan is taking aim at retail construction, noting that it does not get much attention, but it is critical to a recovery in private, nonresidential cement and concrete consumption.

‘The Wall’ and Cement Consumption

5 months ago5 months ago Cement Optimized News

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) allocates $46.5 billion to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for “physical barriers” along the Mexican border. This includes the construction of 701 miles of primary wall, 900 miles of river barriers, and 629 miles of secondary barriers, along with the replacement of 141 miles of existing vehicle and pedestrian barriers.

Cement Consumption Predicted to Decline

6 months ago3 months ago Cement Optimized News

U.S. cement consumption is expected to decline by 1.6% this year, but a recession prompted by ongoing trade wars is not expected in 2025. The predictions were included in the American Cement Association’s (ACA) Market Intelligence team’s Spring Forecast, released at the 67th IEEE-IAS/ACA Cement Conference in Birmingham, Ala.

Cement Consumption Predicted to Decline

7 months ago Cement Optimized News

U.S. cement consumption is expected to decline by 1.6% this year, but a recession prompted by ongoing trade wars is not expected in 2025. The predictions were included in the American Cement Association’s (ACA) Market Intelligence team’s Spring Forecast, released last week at the 67th IEEE-IAS/ACA Cement Conference in Birmingham, Ala.

Former PCA Economist Debuts ‘The Sullivan Report’

9 months ago9 months ago Cement Optimized News

Ed Sullivan, who formerly served as The Portland Cement Association’s (PCA) chief economist and senior vice president of market intelligence, said he will continue to publish his popular economic insights on Substack under “The Sullivan Report.“ “I plan to continue to assess the U.S. economy and how that relates to the construction and cement industries,” Sullivan told Cement Optimized. “Given the uncertainty surrounding the…

PCA’s Sullivan Projects Repeat of 2023 Construction Market Force Duel

2 years ago2 years ago Cement Optimized News

Following the Federal Reserve’s recent signaling of a single 2024 interest rate cut, Portland Cement Association (PCA) Chief Economist Ed Sullivan sees a return this year of two forces – one exposed to, the other mostly shielded from borrowing costs – that shaped 2023 private and public construction activity.

The Cement Industry In Latin America Is Facing Difficulties

2 years ago2 years ago Mauro Nogarin

By Mauro Nogarin Cement production in most Latin American countries has stagnated for two main reasons: inflation, which in some cases, such as in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, caused prices to rise. On the other hand, lower investment by governments in large public works also generated a reduction in cement consumption. BrazilThe instability of the Brazilian economy, marked by a…

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