Data recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 138,815 tons of cement were shipped to the state during the month of May. Cement shipments grew by 6.9% over the same month in 2021. Shipments slipped 1.3% from April’s total. Portland limestone cement (PLC) represented 40% of the cement…

April Concrete Numbers FallData recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 138,815 tons of cement were shipped to the state during the month of April 2022. Cement shipments contracted by 8.3% over the same month in 2021. Shipments dropped a similar amount from the red-hot month of March….

February Concrete Demand Remained HotData recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 128,223 tons of cement were shipped to the state during the month of February 2022. Cement shipments grew 22% over the same month in 2021. Cement consumption for the first two months of 2022 is outpacing…

Ready-Mix Use Stays Hot in January 2022Data recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 119,913 tons of cement were shipped to the state during the month of January 2022. Cement shipments grew by nearly 14% over the same month in 2021 but contracted by 5% compared toDecember.Looking to…

Data recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 126,142 tons of cement were shipped to the state during the month of December 2021. Cement shipments grew by nearly 14% over the same month in 2020 but contracted by 10.5% over theprevious month. For the year, 1,517,616 tons of…

Cement and Ready-Mix Use Spikes in November 2021Data recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 140,875 tons of cement were shipped to the state during the month of November 2021. Cement shipments grew by nearly 18% over the same period in 2020 and 3.5% over the previous month.The…

Cement and Ready-Mix Use Increases in OctoberData recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 136,019 tons of cement were shipped to the state during the month of October 2021. Cement shipments grew by nearly 10.7% over the same period in 2020 and 8.8% over the previous month.Digging into…

Data recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 124,158 tons of cement were shipped to the state during the month of September 2021. Cement shipments grew 12.8% over the same period in 2020. For the first nine months of 2021, the state has seen volumes increase 13.3% over…

August Cement Totals JumpData recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 132,340 tons of cement were shipped to the state during the month of August 2021. Cement shipments grew 19.54% over the same period in 2020 and by 10.4% over May’s totals.Looking to ready mix volumes, we estimate…

Cement and Ready Mix Use Increases in July Data recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 118,657 tons of cement were shipped to the state during the month of July 2021. Cement shipments grew by nearly 5% over the same period in 2020 but were down 7% compared…

Frequent Summer Rains Impact Concrete Yardage in June Data recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 101,941 tons of cement were shipped to the state during the month of June 2021. Cement shipments contracted by 17.49% over the same period in 2020 and by 4.3% over May’s totals….

Data recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 115,686 tons of cement were shipped to the state during the month of March 2021. Cement shipments grew by 7.06% over the same period in 2020 and by 24% over February’s totals. Looking to ready mix volumes, we estimate 428.385…

Data recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 88,251 tons of cement were shipped to the state during the month of February 2021. Cement shipments grew by 5.84% over the same period in 2020 but declined by nearly 15% from January’s totals. Looking to ready mix volumes, we…

Data recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 103,522 tons of cement were shipped to the state during the month of January 2021. Cement shipments grew by 11.7% over the same period in 2020. The month marks the largest January total in the previous 8 years. Looking to…

Historically, November, December and January are the slowest three months for the concrete industry in the state. However, December 2020 threw a curve ball to conventional thinking according to data recently released by the United States Geological Service. The USGS estimated 109,035 tons of cement were shipped to the state…