US: Clinker production has fallen slightly to 20.5Mt in the third quarter of 2016 from 20.6Mt in the same period of 2015 according to preliminary data released by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Portland and blended cement shipments fell by 3.7% to 26.4Mt from 27.4Mt. However, for the first nine months of the year both clinker production and cement shipments have risen. A full report for September 2016 will be published by the USGS in early December 2016.
US clinker production stagnates in third quarter of 2016
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