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US Jan-July shipments up 8% YoY02 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico in July 2014 were 9Mt, up by about 11 per cent in July 2013, latest data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows. Shipments for the year through July were 48.5Mt, up by about eight per cent from the same period of 2013. The leading Portland cement-producing states in July were Missouri, Texas, California. Michigan and Florida in descending order, accounting for 43 per cent of the total output. The leading consumin... |
US first-half shipments reach 39.5Mt – preliminary data15 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico including imports in the first six months of 2014 reached 39.5Mt, preliminary data from the US Geological survey shows. Total dispatches comprised 36.42Mt of domestically-produced volumes while imports accounted for 3.09Mt. Domestic shipments during June 2014 alone were 8.31Mt, of which 7.61Mt were supplied from US plants and 707,928t were imported. Meanwhile, clinker production during the first half of the year were 33.73Mt. Du... |
US Jan-May cement shipments up 6% YoY28 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for the year through May 2014 were 31.2Mt, up by around six per cent compared to the same period of last year, latest data from the US Geological Survey shows. In May alone, shipments rose by around six per cent to 8.1Mt. The leading Portland cement-producing states during the month were Texas, Missouri, California, Florida and Michigan, in descending order, accounting for about 44 per cent of the total out... |
Cemex EBITDA margin under pressure21 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsCemex' first-half turnover improved by 5.7 per cent to US$7736.5m and the EBITDA edged ahead by 1.5 per cent to US$1269.7m, while the trading profit improved by 4.5 per cent to US$721.5m. Net interest payments rose by 15.1 per cent to US$841.4m and, after other charges, there was a pre-tax profit of US$49.2m compared with a US$118.9m loss. At the net attributable level, the loss fell by 49.1 per cent to US$220.3m. Equity shareholders' funds at the end of June declined by 2.6 per cent ... |
Cemex heading towards strong earnings rebound17 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsCemex is expected to post a significant rebound in pretax earnings for the full year, driven primarily by the US recovery and an anticipated pick-up in Mexican volumes and pricing, according to JP Morgan forecasts. In a largely positive report on Latin American cement companies, JP Morgan notes: "We like the Cemex story on the back of strong growth in EBITDA…especially from the US and Mexico. Also, growing free cash flow should help to un-leverage its balance sheet. Propelled princip... |
US shipments rise 6% YoY02 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsShipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico for the four months to the end of April 2014 reached 23.1Mt, up by about six per cent YoY, latest data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows. Shipments in April were 7.4Mt, an increase of about 11 per cent from the level in the same month of the previous year. The leading consuming states (Texas, California, Florida, Ohio and Illinois, in descending order), received about 41 per cent of the April total shipments. Pr... |
US first-quarter shipments seen surpassing 15.5Mt mark13 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico of Portland and blended cement in the first quarter of 2014 reached 15.664Mt, preliminary data from the US Geological Survey shows. Imports for the three months to the end of March accounted for 1.168Mt of the total. Total dispatches in March alone stood at 6.106Mt, of which 434,484t were imported. Clinker production for the first three months of the year reached 14.3Mt and output during March 2014 tota... |
Lafarge sees improved operational trends in fourth quarter19 February 2014, Published under Cement NewsLafarge saw a continued improvement in fourth quarter volumes, supported by ongoing growth in most emerging markets, the recovery in the US and stabilising conditions in Europe. Adverse exchange rates continued to weigh on sales which were down two per cent in the final three months of 2013 to EUR3714m, but up five per cent on a like-for-like basis. 4Q EBITDA was down six per cent to EUR793m but up 14 per cent like-for-like as the group reported increases in all regions driven by highe... |
US full-year shipments reach 82Mt – preliminary data17 February 2014, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico in 2013 including imports reached 82Mt, preliminary data from the USGS show. Domestic shipments were 75.624Mt while imports amounted to 6.383Mt. In December 2013, total shipments were 5.146Mt, comprising 4.756Mt of domestic deliveries and 390,188t of imports. |
USA January shipments rise 5.2% YoY18 March 2013, Published under Cement NewsCement shipments in the USA and Puerto Rico for January were up by 5.2 per cent than the same month of last year, the latest preliminary data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows. January 2013’s increase occurred despite being slightly colder and significantly wetter than January 2012, highlighted analysts at Jefferies International. Morevover, shipments have now increased in 30 of the last 35 months, it pointed out. Total shipments for Portland and blended cement in January 2013... |