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 February 2026 were an estimated 6.80 million metric tons (Mt), an 11.3% increase from shipments in February 2025. Shipments for the year through February totaled an estimated 12.8 Mt, a 7.5% increase from those for the…
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A “critical mineral” is any mineral, element, substance or material designated as critical by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the director of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Read MoreThe U.S. Geological Survey reported total shipments for June, and the numbers are lukewarm.
Read MoreAccording to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Commodity Specialist Jason Christopher Willett, portland, including blended, cement consumption was estimated to have decreased by 7% in the third quarter of 2024 compared with that of the third quarter of 2023.
Read MoreThe U.S. Geological Survey reported that the estimated U.S. output of construction aggregates produced and shipped for consumption in the first quarter of 2024 was 455 million metric tons (Mt), a decrease of 3.9% compared with that of the same period of 2023. Major companies reported significant decreases in construction aggregates shipments due to poor weather conditions (Martin Marietta Materials,…
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It is 2024, and another new year has us looking ahead at what might be in store for the construction materials and cement industries. If you gauge a year by production volume, you could say 2023 was a bit of a disappointment. A look at the latest cement production numbers from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reveals that shipments for…
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