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US November shipments - preliminary data

21 January 2016, Published under Cement News

Preliminary data from the US Geological Survey shows that Portland and blended cement shipments in November 2015 reached 7.3Mt including 767,000t of imports. Shipments for the year to the end of November totalled 84.93Mt, the provisional data shows. Of the total, imports represented 8.93Mt. Clinker production in November was 6.76Mt and for the first 11 months of 2015 reached 69.62Mt, according to the preliminary figures.

US October shipment update – preliminary data

14 December 2015, Published under Cement News

Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico amounted to 9.32Mt in October, according to preliminary data by the US Geological Survey (USGS). Of the total, imports accounted for 1.027Mt of shipments. Over the first 10 months of the year, shipments reached 77.49Mt, including 8.06Mt of imports. Clinker production in October is reported to be 6.88Mt, and for the year to date amounted to 62.82Mt.

US shipments eight-month shipments up 3.5%

30 October 2015, Published under Cement News

Total 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...

US eight-month shipment update

16 October 2015, Published under Cement News

Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico in the first eight months of this year reached 59.12Mt, preliminary data from the US Geological Survey shows. Of the total shipments, domestic dispatches accounted for 53.21Mt and imports represented 5.9Mt, the figures reveal. August 2015 shipments reached 9.080Mt, comprising 8.180Mt of domestic dispatches and 900,191t of imports. Clinker production for the eight-month period reached 49.39Mt, while August 2015 output was 7.7...

US Jan-July cement shipments reach 50Mt

02 October 2015, Published under Cement News

Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for the year through July totalled 50Mt, up by 3.4 per cent in the same period in 2014, latest data from the US Geological Survey shows. In July shipments reached  9.3Mt, up slightly from the level in July 2014. The leading cement-consuming states (Texas, California, Florida, Ohio and Illinois in descending order) received about 37 per cent of the July shipments. The leading producing states for Portlan...

US seven-month shipment update

17 September 2015, Published under Cement News

Shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico totalled 50.038Mt in the first seven months of the year, preliminary data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows. Imports accounted for 5Mt of the total. In July 2015, shipments reached 9.257Mt, with imports representing 935,779t of dispatches. Clinker production, meanwhile, is reported to be 42.282Mt for the seven month period, with output at 6.965Mt in July alone.

US first-half shipment update - preliminary data

19 August 2015, Published under Cement News

Shipments 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: preliminary April 2015 shipments

17 June 2015, Published under Cement News

Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico in April 2015 amounted to 7.669Mt, preliminary data from the USGS shows. Imports accounted for 776,781t of total dispatches during the month. For the first four months of this year, shipments reached 24.09Mt, of which 2.321Mt were imports. Clinker production for April was 6.102Mt and for the year-to-date the total is expected to be 21.6Mt.  The preliminary data are subject to change. The full monthly report will be publish...

US first-quarter shipments seen exceeding 16.4Mt

19 May 2015, Published under Cement News

Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico over the first three months of 2015 are expected to have amounted to 16.44Mt, according to preliminary data from the USGS published last week. Of the 1Q15 total, imports accounted for 1.54Mt. During March 2015, shipments were 6.287Mt, with imports representing 585,663t of supply. Clinker production in the first quarter of this year totalled 15.46Mt. In March alone, clinker output reached 5.49Mt, the early indicators show. Th...

US February shipments up 2% YoY

30 April 2015, Published under Cement News

Total 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 ...