Limestone shipments to Great Lakes-area steelmakers up 3.9 percent in May

Tuesday, 19 June 2018 23:39:45 (GMT+3)   |   San Diego
       

Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes—including to many steelmaking facilities—totaled 3.745 million tons in May, an increase of 3.9 percent compared to a year ago, according to a report today from the Lake Carriers’ Association.  May’s loadings also bettered the month’s 5-year average by the same percent.

Loadings from US quarries totaled 3.155 million tons, an increase of 7.9 percent compared to a year ago.  Shipments from Canadian quarries totaled 590,000 tons, a decrease of 13.5 percent.

Year-to-date the Lakes limestone trade stands at 5.2 million tons, a decrease of 1.5 percent compared to a year ago.  Loadings from Michigan and Ohio quarries total 4.47 million tons, an increase of 3.1 percent.  Shipments from Ontario quarries total 767,000 tons, a decrease of 21.7 percent.


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