Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled nearly 4.1 million tons in September, an increase of 12.4% compared to a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA). Limestone cargos also bettered the month’s five-year average by 20.3%.
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Limestone Shipments Increase on Great Lakes
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 4,300,022 tons in July, an increase of 7.9% compared to a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA). The trade also bettered the month’s five-year average by 11%.
Read MoreLakes Limestone Trade Up Slightly in June
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 4,066,915 tons in June, an increase of less than 1% from a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association. This June’s loadings were above the month’s five-year average by 7%.
Read MoreLakes Limestone Trade Up 13.6% in May
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 4.3 million tons in May, an increase of 13.6% compared to a year ago. May’s loadings also bettered the month’s five-year average by 17.8%.
Read More2018 U.S. Aggregates Production
March 5, 2019 – You heard it here first. Preliminary 2018 total aggregates production numbers have been published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The numbers were revealed in its just-released 2019 Mineral Commodity Summaries publication. In 2018, 1.40 billion tons of crushed stone valued at more than $16.6 billion was produced by an estimated 1,465 companies operating 3,710 quarries and 176 sales…
Read MoreGreat Lakes Limestone Trade Up 1.3 Percent in 2018
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 28.4 million tons in 2018, an increase of 1.3 percent compared to 2017, reported the Lake Carriers’ Association. 2018’s loadings were also 2.8 percent above the trade’s five-year average.
Read MoreGreat Lakes Limestone Trade Down 6 Percent in November
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 2.8 million tons in November, a decrease of 6 percent compared to a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association. However, limestone cargos were just about on track with the month’s five-year average.
Read MoreGreat Lakes Limestone Trade Down 7.5 Percent in October
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.4 million tons in October, a decrease of 7.5 percent compared to a year ago. Limestone cargos also trailed the month’s five-year average by 4.6 percent, according to the Lake Carriers Association (LCA).
Read MoreGreat Lakes Limestone Trade Up Nearly 4 Percent in September
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.6 million tons in September, an increase of 3.7 percent compared to a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association. Limestone cargos also bettered the month’s five-year average by 8 percent.
Read MoreHurricane Florence Hammers N.C. Roads, Quarries
North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) engineers have started to assess Hurricane Florence-affected roads so necessary repairs can be made in the hard-hit areas in eastern North Carolina, according to reports from NewsChannel 12.
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