Cement News tagged under: USA
Martin Marietta first-quarter sales up 66%05 May 2015, Published under Cement NewsMartin Marietta reported consolidated first quarter net sales of US$631.9m compared with US$379.7m a year earlier, an increase of 66 per cent. Aggregates product line volume increase of 17.1 per cent, aggregates product line price increase of 11.4 per cent. Heritage aggregates product line volume increase of seven per cent, excluding shipments from 2014 divestitures from prior-year quarter. Reported heritage volume increased 3.7 per cent. Heritage aggregates product line price increase of 1... |
US February shipments up 2% YoY30 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in February 2015 were about 4.8Mt, up by about two per cent from the level in February 2014, latest data from the US Geological Survey shows. Shipments for the year through February totalled 10.2Mt, up by about seven per cent from the same period in 2014. The leading producing states for Portland and blended cement in February were Texas, California, Florida, Missouri and Alabama, in descending order. The ... |
Cementos Argos29 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsWith the US government announcing a US$478bn spend on infrastructure projects over the next six years, Cementos Argos will be looking to further consolidate its position in the country. 2014 saw the company increase its cement production capacity in the US by 107 per cent YoY to become the second-largest cement producer in the southeastern US. It is reportedly already involved in more than 70 per cent of the infrastructure projects being carried out in the country as well as 60 per cent o... |
Italcementi Group to acquire two Holcim facilities in the US23 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsEssroc, the North American subsidiary of Italcementi group company Ciments Français, has signed an agreement with Holcim to purchase the slag cement grinding facility in Camden, New Jersey, USA. As part of the transaction, Essroc will also obtain Holcim cement terminal in Everett (Massachusetts). The acquisition will be finalised pending completion of the Holcim and Lafarge merger later this year. Holcim’s staff in Camden and Everett will join Essroc, Italcementi said in a statement. The ... |
McInnis Cement to build Bronx warehouse, USA21 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsMcInnis Cement plans to build a US$40m distribution warehouse along the East River in the Bronx, New York, to help develop the borough's waterfront and reduce road traffic. McInnis Cement will transport cement down the river from Quebec in 35,000t loads. McInnis will still use trucks to deliver cement from the warehouse to customers, but the new facility should decrease the trucking situation in the borough. "We've done a pretty thorough analysis of the trucking effect in the local commun... |
Holcim and Lafarge propose final US asset disposals17 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsLafarge and Holcim announce further details on the package of assets they propose to divest in the United States, as part of their planned merger to create LafargeHolcim. The divestments include: • Lafarge's 1.1Mta Davenport cement plant (Iowa) and seven terminals along the Mississippi River to be sold to Summit Materials for a total consideration of US$450m in cash plus Summit’s Bettendorf, Iowa cement terminal • three Holcim terminals in Michigan and Illinois • Holcim's 0.6Mta Skyway... |
Spain: Cementos Portland reports EUR29.5m loss16 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsFCC-owned Cementos Portland closed the first quarter of 2015 with a EUR29.5m loss, representing a 21.2 per cent higher figure when compared with 1Q14. The cement company attributes the fall to lower CO2 sales and new accounting rules relating to annual maintenance costs. Taking into account these effects, results improve by EUR7m. Revenues increased 9.4 per cent to EUR121.8m as the company maintained stable cement sales of 1.6Mt. However, concrete deliveries were down 43 per cent to 66M... |
US January shipments up 12% YoY15 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsPortland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico in January 2015 increased by about 12 per cent YoY to 5.4Mt, latest data from the US Geological Survey confirms. The leading Portland cement-producing states in January were Texas, California, Missouri, Florida and Alabama, in descending order. The leading consuming states (Texas, California, Florida, Georgia and Arizona, in descending order) received about 48 per cent of the January shipments. Clinker production totalled 5.4Mt in Ja... |
PCA forecasts growth trend to continue, imports to increase rapidly14 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsUS cement consumption will continue its growth trend in 2015, with cement and clinker imports forecast to grow rapidly in 2017 and beyond, according to the Portland Cement Association (PCA). During the 2015 PCA Spring Meeting, PCA chief economist and Group VP Edward J Sullivan projected that total cement consumption would increase by 7.5 per cent from last year, and continue to grow in 2016 by 7.9 per cent. "The forecast indicates that the healing in the US economy has taken place," said M... |
GCC expects declining growth on low oil prices10 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsGrupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) expects sales growth to decline this year after record revenue last year as low oil prices constrict demand in the United States, the company's top market. GCC Treasurer Luis Carlos Arias told Reuters in an interview that after a nearly 20 per cent sales spike in 2014, the company projects only single digit growth in the US, which accounts for about 70 per cent of total sales. Demand in Mexico is expected to fall slightly, he said. |