Total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 450,142 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.6% compared with the same week last year.
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Great Lakes Limestone Trade Up in July
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 4.2 million tons in July, an increase of 4.7% compared to a year ago. The trade was above the month’s five-year average by 6.6%.
Read MoreGreat Lakes Limestone Shipments Down in June
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.1 million tons in June, a decrease of 17.6% from a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association. This June’s loadings were also below the month’s five-year average by 17.4%.
Read MoreLimestone Trade Down in June
According to the Lake Carriers’ Association, shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.1 million tons in June, a decrease of 17.6% from a year ago. This June’s loadings were also below the month’s five-year average by 17.4%.
Read MoreAggregates Production Decreases in First Quarter of 2023
The estimated U.S. output of construction aggregates produced and shipped for consumption in the first quarter of 2023 was 459 million metric tons (Mt), a slight decrease compared with that of the same period of 2023, according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Commodity Specialist Jason Christopher Willett.
Read MoreGreat Lakes Limestone Trade Down in September
Oct. 21, 2022 – The lakes may be great, but the month of September wasn’t. Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.5 million tons in September, a decrease of 3.7% compared to a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association. Limestone cargos were below the month’s five-year average by 2.7%. Loadings from U.S. quarries totaled 2.9 million tons, a decrease of 5.4% from 2021. Shipments from Canadian quarries totaled 675,023 tons,…
Read MoreSt. Lawrence Seaway Cargo Volumes Rise
Demand for construction and manufacturing materials both domestically and internationally continued on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway through August as shipments of iron ore, steel, cement and stone surged through the region.
Read MoreVulcan Shipments Lower; Prices, Cost Control Drive Profitability
Vulcan Materials Co. announced results for the quarter ended Sept. 30, reporting that net earnings were $200 million compared to $216 million in the prior year’s comparable quarter.
Read MoreU.S. Great Lakes-Seaway Ports Still Feeling COVID-19 Impact
The latest results show that Great Lakes-Seaway shipping continues to feel the impact of the global pandemic. According to the latest numbers from the St. Lawrence Seaway, tonnage through the bi-national transportation corridor totaled 3.9 million metric tons (Mt) in July to bring the year-to-date total (from April 1 to July 31) to nearly 15.6 Mt, or just less than 8% below a year ago.
Read MoreMartin Marietta’s Second Quarter
July 28, 2020 – Martin Marietta reported a decrease in aggregates shipments in the second quarter, although company gross profit hit record amounts. But what about the company’s other segments? Second-quarter cement shipments decreased 2.7%, driven by reduced demand for West Texas oil-well specialty cement products caused by historically low oil prices. While cement pricing increased attractively in North Texas, Houston, and portions of…
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