US cement shipments up 6.6% YoY in 1Q26
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the US and Puerto Rico amounted to 8.502Mt in March 2026, up 5.1 per cent YoY from the 8.092Mt recorded in ...
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ACA launches Blended Cement Awards
The American Cement Association has introduced its Blended Cement Awards to honour building projects demonstrating excellence in concrete performance and carbon reduction. This ...
The global cement industry in 2025
Future historians may look back upon 2025 as the year when a new industry paradigm finally emerged, as the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) – launched in 2005 – prepared to ...
US construction spending down for third consecutive month
The organisation attributes the decrease to high borrowing costs and economic uncertainty affecting investment. Private sector weakness was particularly observed in multifamily ...
US construction activity declines amid broader economic slowdown
The contraction was driven by a 0.5 per cent fall in private construction outlays, with residential investment down 0.7 per cent. Notably, single-family housing starts dropped b...
US cement demand to dip 1.6% in 2025, long-term outlook remains positive
US cement consumption is forecast to decline by 1.6 per cent in 2025, according to the American Cement Association (ACA)’s Spring Forecast. Despite elevated interest rates and c...
US cement demand to see pick-up in 2026
US cement consumption is expected to decline by 1.6 per cent this year, but a recession prompted by ongoing trade wars is not expected in 2025, according to the American Cement ...