Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in September 2024 were an estimated 8.94 million metric tons (Mt), a 7.8% decrease from shipments in September 2023, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through September totaled an estimated 77.5 Mt, a 6.0% 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 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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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in June 2024 were an estimated 9.34 million metric tons (Mt), a 13.2% decrease from shipments in June 2023, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through June totaled an estimated 49.5 Mt, a 5.5% 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 May 2024 were an estimated 9.56 million metric tons (Mt), an 8.2% decrease from shipments in May 2023, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through May totaled an estimated 40.1 Mt, a 3.5% 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 April were an estimated 9.23 million metric tons (Mt), a 5.9% increase from shipments in April 2023, according to the most recent USGS Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through April totaled an estimated 30.6 Mt, a slight decrease from those for the same…
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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 8.01 million metric tons (Mt), an 8.1% decrease from shipments in March 2023, according to the latest USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through March totaled an estimated 21.4 Mt, a 4.4% decrease from those for the same…
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in February were an estimated 7.59 million metric tons (Mt), a 10.3% increase from revised shipments in February 2023, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Report.
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in January 2024 were an estimated 5.89 million metric tons (Mt), a 14.3% decrease from revised shipments in January 2023, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Of total blended tonnage reported in January 2024, 2.7 Mt (98%) was estimated to be portland-limestone…
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This Year Should Provide A Transition To Stronger Growth For Construction And Thus For Cement Production. By Mark S. Kuhar After a year in which the economy and starts slowed considerably, the coming year should provide a transition to stronger growth for construction, according to the Dodge Construction Network’s (DCN) Outlook 2024 economic report. But before we get to that,…
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