US Cement imports down -5.7% in 1Q 2026

In the 1Q in 2026 the US cement imports (Portland, blended cements and mortars) declined by -5.7% YoY to 3.719 Mt, after 3.943 Mt in the last year and 4.375 Mt in the year before.

In the 1Q in 2026 the US cement imports (Portland, blended cements and mortars) declined by -5.7% YoY to 3.719 Mt, after 3.943 Mt in the last year and 4.375 Mt in the year before.

A massive delay of Heidelberg Materials’ Edmonton CCS project in Canada was already obvious, because the 1.0 Mta carbon capture project was announced to be operational by the end of this year (we reported here 24.11.2023). Instead, in 2025 a…

CURA Climate Inc. (CURA) from Canada and the Titan Group announced in a MoU to test a new innovate limestone splitting technology (Photo: Team members of both companies). The project starts with laboratory testing, followed by technical and commercial assessments…

US Georgia Power will extract and transport over a period of 6 years about 2 Mt of coal ash currently stored at its former Arkwright coal-fired power plant in Macon, Georgia, which has been retired in 2002. For this plant…

In the first 11 months in 2025 the US cement dispatch (Portland, blended and masonry cement) declined by -0.6% to 79.111 Mt, after 79.608 Mt in the last year and 84.493 Mt in the year before.

In the first 11 months in 2025 the US cement imports (Portland and blended cements) declined by -5.5% to 17.438 Mt, after 18.459 Mt in the last year and 19.334 Mt in the year before.

In the first 09 months in 2025 the US cement dispatch (Portland, blended and masonry cement) declined by -0.9% to 63.668 Mt, after 64.268 Mt in the last year and 68.702 Mt in the year before.

Amrize has entered into an agreement to acquire US PB Materials Holdings, Inc., the leading aggregates business with a complementary ready-mix concrete network in the high growth West Texas region. Permian Based Materials achieved over $180 million in annual revenues…

In the first 4 months in 2025 the US cement dispatch (Portland, blended and masonry cement) declined by -4.9% to 23.868 Mt, after 25.089 Mt in the last year and 26.033 Mt in the year before.

Eco Material, the US largest marketer and distributor of fly ash, other pozzolans and synthetic gypsum, announced the successful closing of a US $800m loan credit facility. This green term loan matures in February 2032 and provides Eco Material with…