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.) Consumption in the first nine months of 2025 was estimated to have decreased by 2% compared with that…
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Economists Look Ahead – Cautiously
The U.S. Geological Survey reported total shipments for June, and the numbers are lukewarm.
Read MoreJune Cement Shipments Down Slightly
Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in June 2025 were an estimated 9.16 million metric tons (Mt), a slight decrease from shipments in June 2024, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through June totaled an estimated 47.0 Mt, a 5.3% decrease from those for…
Read MoreMay Cement Shipments Down 7.5% from 2024
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…
Read MoreMarch Cement Shipments See Slight Bump
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 MoreJanuary Cement Shipments Head Lower
Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in January 2025 were an estimated 5.73 million metric tons (Mt), a 3.1% decrease from revised shipments in January 2024, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey.
Read MoreDecember Cement Shipments Contract
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…
Read MoreCement Shipments Drop 12.3% in November
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.
Read MoreUSGS: Cement Production Drops in Third Quarter
According to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Commodity Specialist Jason Christopher Willett, portland, including blended, cement consumption was estimated to have decreased by 7% in the third quarter of 2024 compared with that of the third quarter of 2023.
Read MoreThe View from California
Cement Optimized Spoke To Tom Tietz Of The California Nevada Cement Association About Efforts To Meet The Golden State’s Ambitious Carbon Reduction Goals. By Jonathan Rowland
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