Limestone shipments up nearly 11 percent in October 2017

By |  November 7, 2017

Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled totaled 3.65 million tons in October, an increase of 10.6 percent compared with one year ago, reports the Lake Carriers’ Association.

October’s loadings were also 7.5 percent ahead of the month’s five-year average.

According to the Lake Carriers’ Association, loadings from U.S. quarries totaled 3 million tons, which is an 11 percent increase compared with one year ago. Shipments from Canadian quarries totaled 665,000 tons. That’s an 8.4 percent increase compared with one year ago.

Year-to-date, the Great Lakes’ limestone trade is at 3.8 million tons, an increase of 4.3 percent compared with one year ago. Loadings from Michigan and Ohio quarries total 19.5 million tons, which is a 6.1 percent increase. In addition, shipments from Ontario quarries total 4.25 million tons year-to-date, a 3 percent decrease.

The Lake Carriers’ Association represents 13 American companies that operate nine U.S.-flag vessels on the Great Lakes and carry raw materials, including iron ore, fluxstone, aggregate, cement, coal, sand and grain.

Allison Kral

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Allison Kral is the former senior digital media manager for North Coast Media (NCM). She completed her undergraduate degree at Ohio University where she received a Bachelor of Science in magazine journalism from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. She works across a number of digital platforms, which include creating e-newsletters, writing articles and posting across social media sites. She also creates content for NCM's Portable Plants magazine, GPS World magazine and Geospatial Solutions. Her understanding of the ever-changing digital media world allows her to quickly grasp what a target audience desires and create content that is appealing and relevant for any client across any platform.

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