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US shipments ahead by 9% in 2012

04 March 2013, Published under Cement News

Total shipments of Portland and blended cements in the US and Puerto Rico in 2012 reached 79Mta, up by about nine per cent YoY, according to the latest data from the US Geological Survey. Imports for the year to December 2012, meanwhile, were up by about eight per cent YoY. In December 2012 shipments were about 4.8Mt, slightly less than the same month of the year before.  The leading producing states in December were Texas, California, Missouri, Florida and Pennsylvania in descending orde...

Boral announces further job cuts in new restructuring plan

17 January 2013, Published under Cement News

Building materials major Boral has announced a further round of job cuts, predominantly across its Australian operations, following a 100-day review of the company by its chief executive Mike Kane . The company is to cut 700 functional, operational support and managerial positions jobs in Australia. Of those 700, some 200 have already occurred in late 2012, with the majority of redundancies expected to be completed by March 2013.  New South Wales is to bear the brunt of the cuts, accou...

US shipments rise 10% from Jan-October 2012

14 January 2013, Published under Cement News

Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for October 2012 were about 8.1Mt, almost 10 per cent greater than shipments in October 2011. Shipments for the year through October were 67.6Mt, up by about 10 per cent, latest data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows The leading producing States in October were Texas, Missouri, California, Michigan, and Alabama, in descending order. The leading consuming states (Texas, California, Florida, Illino...

Cemex: US far from fully recovering

09 November 2012, Published under Cement News

Cemex has said that it is pleased with the way its US business is progressing but that it is still far from fully recovering. Speaking to Reuters, Maher Al-Haffar, Cemex's vice president of corporate communications and investor relations, said in an interview, said: "We are cautious and we are far from a full recovery in the US business but the trend is certainly in the right direction." In the first nine months of this year Cemex’s US turnover recovered and rose by 19.2 per cent to US$2...

US March shipments rise 11% YoY

11 June 2012, Published under Cement News

Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for March 2012 were nearly 6Mt, data from the US Geological Survey showed. This was 11% higher than shipments in March 2011. Shipments for the year through March were 15.2 Mt, up by about 20%. The leading producing states in March were Texas, California, Missouri, Florida, and Pennsylvania, in descending order, and accounted for nearly 47% of total output. The leading consuming States (Texas, California, ...