GLG News by Cement Industry Experts in GLG Member Programs

Federal dollars are available for highway spending. However, many states are not able to come up with the matching funds necessary to utilize this funding.

As more carriers leave the marketplace, a less competitive landscape is the result. Once the economy rebounds, and volumes begin to increase, a less competitive marketplace will lead to higher rates.

undefinedundefined undefined Shippers and carriers will have to work together to avoid fines like the ones imposed recently on Waste Management. In the 2008 fiscal year, the EPA has required polluters to spend an estimated $11 billion on pollution controls, clean-up and environmental projects — an all...

The construction materials trucking industry has been negatively impacted by the economic downturn. Capacity has increased as more trucks have become available in the market due to declining demand for the materials being hauled. The future in the construction materials hauling industry over the short-term...

Buy a house or buy a home NOW!! This is from my perspective the very best time to purchase a home if you are a first time buyer or investor. Key indicators are the economy stagnation around the country and the availability of homes today at make a deal prices.

Cemex announced an across-the-board $25/yard price increase for ready mixed concrete for all its operations in the U.S.  This increase is an overly simplistic plan for improving the profitability of the company in the U.S.  Cemex ignores the economics of supply and demand and the...

Acquisitions within the construction materials industry have continued in strong fashion, with multinational cement producers leading the way.  Bigger and bigger deals are being put together by the world's largest cement producers, both in the U.S. and abroad.  These producers...

Pressure continues to reimpose the mining ban in the Dade County Florida Lake Belt. The Lake Belt accounts for nearly 50% of limestone produced in the State of Florida.

Cemex sent a letter to all "valued customers" on 8/4/08 informing them of a $25/CY price increase on all ready-mix concrete products in the United States. Cemex is making a bold move in a declining ready-mix market (both volumes and prices have been declining in the past year in various major markets...

Data released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported that crushed stone and sand & gravel (aggregates) volumes declined 13.7% in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same quarter in 2007. (The report does not include Alaska, Hawaii, Vermont, Maine, Delaware, Rhode Island and North Dakota)....