MV Tamarack arrived at the Port of Montreal on Aug. 22, completing her maiden transatlantic voyage and marking a major milestone in North American shipping. Owned by Eureka Shipping, the vessel is the first newly built cement carrier to enter service in the Great Lakes in two decades.
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in May 2025 were an estimated 8.91 million metric tons (Mt), a 7.5% decrease from shipments in May 2024, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through May totaled an estimated 37.9 Mt, a 6.0% decrease from those for…
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in April 2025 were an estimated 9.05 million metric tons (Mt) compared with 9.18 Mt in April 2024, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through April totaled an estimated 29.0 Mt, a 5.5% decrease from those for…
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in March were an estimated 8.07 million metric tons (Mt), a 1.4% increase from 7.96 Mt in March 2024, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through March totaled an estimated 19.8 Mt, a 7.5% decrease from those for…
Read MoreThe Market Intelligence team of the newly branded American Cement Association (ACA), formerly Portland Cement Association, projects a third consecutive year of cement shipment declines in 2025, pointing to business and consumer uncertainty, subdued housing markets, weak commercial and waning industrial building activity, plus flat public construction spending levels.
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in December 2024 were an estimated 6.75 million metric tons (Mt), a 6.7% decrease from shipments in December 2023, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through December totaled an estimated 103 Mt, a 5.7% decrease from those in…
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in November 2024 were an estimated 7.79 million metric tons (Mt), a 12.3% decrease from shipments in November 2023, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey.
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in October 2024 were an estimated 10.6 million metric tons (Mt), a 3.5% increase from October 2023, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through October totaled an estimated 88.1 Mt, a 5% decrease from those in the same…
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in August 2024 were estimated 9.93 million metric tons (Mt), and 8.9% decrease from shipments in August 2023, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry. Shipments for the year through August totaled an estimated 68.5 Mt, a 5.8% decrease from those in the prior-year…
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in July 2024 were an estimated 9.29 million metric tons (Mt), a 2.9% decrease from shipments in July 2023, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey.
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