Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in May 2026 were an estimated 8.94 million metric tons (Mt), a 0.3% increase from shipments in May 2025. Shipments for the year through May totaled an estimated 39.5 Mt, a 4.0% increase from those for the same period in 2025. Of total blended…
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According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in April 2026 were an estimated 9.27 million metric tons (Mt), a 2% increase from shipments in April 2025. Shipments for the year through April totaled an estimated 30.5 Mt, a 5.1% increase from those for the…
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According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in January 2026 were an estimated 5.97 million metric tons (Mt), a 3.5% increase from revised shipments in January 2025. Of total blended tonnage reported year-to-date in 2026, 3.45 Mt (96%) was estimated to be portland-limestone cement…
Read MoreTotal shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in November 2025 were an estimated 7.86 million metric tons (Mt) compared with 7.84 Mt in November 2024, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through November totaled an estimated 94.6 Mt, a 1.9% decrease from those for…
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With the recent approval by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, portland-limestone cement (PLC) is now universally accepted by all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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The Heidelberg Materials cement plant in Delta, British Columbia, Canada, recently switched to producing EcoCem portland-limestone cement (PLC). The product contains up to 15% limestone and generates approximately 10% less CO₂ compared to other portland cements.
Read MoreThe Lehigh Cement plant in Union Bridge, Md. will see primary output shift from ordinary portland cement to the branded EcoCem portland-limestone cement –clinker + up to 10% finely graded limestone. Union Bridge is presently the producer’s largest plant in North America; the switch to the branded Type IL cement positions the mill to avoid approximately 126,000 tons of carbon…
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Lafarge Canada continues to advance its journey to net zero with the full transformation of its Brookfield cement plant’s production to a greener portfolio.
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Titan America has fully converted its cement plants to the production of Type IL portland-limestone cement, making it the first U.S.-based cement company to do so.
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As part of an innovative research project for the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and National Road Research Alliance, Continental Cement Co., a subsidiary of Summit Materials, produced a 20% portland-limestone cement (PLC) – the lowest carbon PLC to date.
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