Market Forecast

Cement usage pacing 200 million mt by 2030

Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM

U.S. cement demand could reach nearly 195 million metric tons/year over the next 25 years, reflecting a 1.7 percent compound annual growth rate, according...

Forecast 2004

Dec 1, 2003 12:00 PM

When the Portland Cement Association's Chief Economist Ed Sullivan released his spring forecast in March 2003, there were many heads shaking at the projections...

Construction labors to hit turning point, says new PCA forecast

Sep 1, 2003 12:00 PM

Slower than anticipated improvements in the U.S. labor markets and the resulting negative impact this will have on nonresidential building are at the...

Forecast 2003: VOLUME SEGMENTS KEEP MATERIAL OUTPUT NEAR RECORD LEVELS

Dec 1, 2002 12:00 PM

After seven consecutive years of output peaks concrete production stands to drop 3.4 percent this year and 1.2 percent next year, based on projected cement...