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US September shipments - preliminary data17 November 2015, Published under Cement NewsPortland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico during September 2015 totalled 9.011Mt, according to preliminary data from the US Geological Survey. Of the total, domestic dispatches accounted for 8.027Mt and imports were 984,080t. Over the first nine months of 2015, shipments totalled 68.183Mt, comprising 61.25Mt of domestic shipments and 6.933Mt of imports. Clinker production was 6.67Mt in September and 55.94Mt over the nine-month period, according to the preliminary fi... |
US shipments eight-month shipments up 3.5%30 October 2015, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in the eight months through August 2015 totalled 59.1Mt, up by 3.5 per cent compared to the same period of last year, the latest data from the US Geological Survey shows. In August 2015 shipments reached about 9.1Mt, up from four per cent in the same month of last year. The leading producing states for Portland and blended cement in August were Texas, Missouri, California, Michigan and Florida, in descendin... |
FLSmidth wins order for CataMax(TM) catalytic solution filter in the US21 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsFLSmidth has secured an order for engineering, supply, and installation of the new CataMax TM catalytic solution for a US cement producer. The order includes a new filter installation with catalytic elements, ID fan, flue gas ducts and dust transport equipment. The CataMax catalytic solution uses ceramic elements with an embedded catalyst; the porous elements not only remove dust particles from the flue gases, but the catalyst embedded will also remove total hydrocarbons (THCs) and o... |
US first-half shipment update - preliminary data19 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsShipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico over the first half of 2015 totalled around 40.78Mt, preliminary data from the US Geological Survey shows. Of the total, imports accounted for 4.07Mt. In June alone, shipments reached 8.935Mt, including 930,581t of imports. Meanwhile, clinker production over the six month period totalled 35.3Mt, with output in June reported to be just over 7Mt. |
US monthly shipments ahead, imports up 66%04 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsPortland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico in March 2015 rose by 3.5 per cent YoY to 6.3Mt, latest data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) show. Shipments for the year through March totalled 16.4Mt, up by 5.7 per cent from the same period of 2014. The leading producing states for Portland and blended cement in March were California, Texas, Missouri, Florida and Alabama, in descending order. The leading consuming states (Texas, California, Florida, Georgia and Arizona,... |
Cemex improves first-quarter trading profit24 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsCemex' first-quarter turnover declined by 5.3 per cent to US$3399.87m, but EBITDA did improve by 6.3 per cent to US$568.54m. Helped by a 12.7 per cent reduction in the depreciation and amortisation charge, the trading profit rose by 25.3 per cent to US$335.32m. The net interest charge declined by 15.3 per cent to US$338.08m, to give an 82 per cent drop in the pre-tax loss from US$167.88m to US$30.86m. The effective net debt was 3.4 per cent lower at US$15,769m, of which 86 per cent was in... |
US January shipments - preliminary data08 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsPortland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico in January 2015 were 5.355Mt, preliminary data* from the US Geological Survey shows. Of the total shipments, domestic dispatches comprised 4.859Mt and imports 496,005t. Earlier this month, the USGS confirmed that total shipments in 2014 reached 88.4Mt, up by about eight per cent YoY. Imports for the whole year totalled 8.39Mt, an increase of around 16 per cent from 2013. *The preliminary data are subject to change and the ... |
US December shipments – preliminary data19 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsPortland and blended cement shipments in December 2014 reached 6.24Mt, preliminary data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows. This takes full-year shipments to 88.53Mt, according to the initial indicators. Imports during December amounted to 545,259t, while for the full year they reached 7.31Mt. Clinker production for the final month of the year was 6.46Mt. For the full year clinker output totalled 74.93Mt. The full monthly report will be published in approximately two weeks. |
Martin Marietta Materials boosted by Texas Industries11 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsMartin Marietta Materials, including Texas Industries from mid-2014, saw turnover increase by 34.2 per cent in 2014 to US$2958m and the EBITDA of US$631.2m was 59.9 per cent higher than the figure shown a year ago. The trading profit rose by 44.4 per cent to US$314.9m while the net attributable profit it improved by 12.8 per cent to US$155.6m. Aggregates Martin Marietta's aggregates production rose by 15,3 per cent in 2014 to 134.31Mt (148.0543Mst) while the original business showed a ... |
Cemex’ US EBITDA rises by 65% and trading loss almost eliminated06 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsCemex' turnover improved by 3.2 per cent in 2014 to US$15,708.5m and the EBITDA advanced by 3.7 per cent to US$2740.5m, while the trading profit rose by 12.3 per cent to US$1275.6m. The net interest charge rose yet again and was up by 4.3 per cent to US$1608.4m, while the pre-tax loss was reduced by 53.2 per cent to US$124m and the net attributable loss emerged 39.8 per cent lower at US$507.3m. Net debt, including perpetual notes, declined by 6.7 per cent during the year to US$16,291... |