US Geological Survey (USGS) reports that the shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in October 2016 were about 9Mt, down by 3.4 per cent from sales in October 2015.

The leading producing states in October 2016 were Texas, Missouri, California, Florida, and Michigan, in descending order, and these accounted for about 41 per cent of the national total.

The leading cement-consuming states (Texas, California, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio, in descending order) received 37 per cent of the October shipments. Sales for January through October totalled 79.4Mt, up by 2.3 per cent from those in the same period in 2015.

Clinker production totalled 6.9Mt in October 2016, essentially unchanged from the output in October 2015. The leading clinker-producing states were, in descending order, Texas, Missouri, California, Florida, and Alabama. Production for January through October totalled 63.6Mt, up slightly from the same period in 2015.

Masonry cement shipments of about 217,000t in October 2016 were up by 2.1 per cent from those in October 2015. The leading masonry-cement-consuming states were, in descending order, Florida, Texas, California, Georgia, and North Carolina. These states received about 51 per cent of October’s shipments. Shipments for January-October 2016 were 2.1Mt, up by 4.2 per cent from shipments in the same period in 2015.