{"content":[{"text":"Mineral Industry Surveys \n For information, contact: \n Ashley K. Hatfield, Cement Commodity Specialist Chanda C. Williams (Data) \n National Minerals Information Center Telephone: (703) 648-7957 \n U.S. Geological Survey Fax: (703) 648-7975 \n 989 National Center Email: chandawilliams@usgs.gov \n Reston, VA 20202 \n Telephone: (703) 648-7751, Fax: (703) 648-7757 Internet: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nmic \n Email: ahatfield@usgs.gov","bbox":{"left":0.058807,"top":0.087083,"width":0.7562420000000001,"height":0.20436800000000002}},{"text":"CEMENT IN APRIL 2021","bbox":{"left":0.388627,"top":0.306303,"width":0.22274600000000006,"height":0.020984999999999976}},{"text":"This report provides monthly data on the shipments of cement \n to final customers and the production of clinker in the United \n States from January 2020 through April 2021. Data on the \n imports of cement and clinker for April 2021 also are provided. \n Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including \n imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in April 2021 \n were an estimated 9.7 million metric tons (Mt), a 19% increase \n from shipments in April 2020 (tables 2A and 2B). Shipments for \n the year through April totaled an estimated 31.1 Mt, a 6.8% \n increase from those for the same period in 2020. The leading \n producing States for portland and blended cement in April 2021 \n were, in descending order, Missouri, Texas, California, Florida, \n and Alabama (table 1A). The leading cement-consuming States \n (Texas, California, Florida, Georgia, and Ohio) received 40% of \n April shipments (tables 2A and 2B). \n Masonry cement shipments totaled an estimated 220,000 \n metric tons (t) in April 2021, a 13% increase from those in April \n 2020 (table 2C). Shipments for the year through April totaled an \n estimated 768,000 t, a 2.4% increase from those for the same \n period in 2020. The leading masonry-cement-consuming States \n in April 2021 were, in descending order, Florida, Texas, North \n Carolina, California, and Georgia; these States received 56% of \n April shipments (table 2C). \n Clinker production, excluding Puerto Rico, totaled an \n estimated 6.7 Mt in April 2021, a 4.4% increase from \n production in April 2020 (table 4). Production for the year","bbox":{"left":0.058798,"top":0.33843,"width":0.422724,"height":0.379926}},{"text":"through April totaled an estimated 22.4 Mt, a decrease of 3.1% \n from the same period in 2020. The leading clinker-producing \n States in April 2021 were, in descending order, Texas, Missouri, \n California, Florida, and Alabama (table 4). \n Tables 5, 6, and 7 list import data from the U.S. Census \n Bureau; however, data for clinker imports into the Seattle, WA, \n and the Detroit, MI, customs districts do not include material \n trucked in from Canada on an informal-entry basis. Likewise, \n reported imports of cement into the El Paso, TX, district may be \n missing significant informal entries from Mexico. Monthly \n imports can show significant year-over-year changes for a \n variety of reasons and commonly do not correlate well with \n consumption levels in the respective import districts in the same \n month. April 2021 imports of cement and clinker totaled 2.0 Mt, \n a 33% increase from imports in April 2020. Imports for the year \n through April totaled 6.5 Mt, an increase of 30% from those for \n the same period in 2020.","bbox":{"left":0.517576,"top":0.338555,"width":0.42173499999999997,"height":0.24927700000000003}},{"text":"List services and web feed subscribers are the first to receive \n notification of USGS minerals information publications and \n data releases. For more information on how to subscribe, go \n to https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nmic/minerals-information- \n publication-list-services.","bbox":{"left":0.526471,"top":0.612737,"width":0.399428,"height":0.07338600000000006}},{"text":"U.S. Department of the Interior \n U.S. Geological Survey","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.926932,"width":0.17507299999999998,"height":0.028681999999999985}},{"text":"July 2021","bbox":{"left":0.886868,"top":0.926932,"width":0.054147000000000056,"height":0.015647999999999995}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}