Great Lakes limestone trade up in 2018

Allison Kral Published Jan 18, 2019

Logo: Lake Carriers Association

Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 28.4 million tons in 2018, a 1.3 percent increase compared with 2017, reports the Lake Carriers’ Association. In addition, 2018 loadings were 2.8 percent above the trade’s five-year average.

Loadings from U.S. quarries in 2018 totaled 23.45 million tons, a 1.2 percent increase compared with 2017. Shipments from U.S. quarries also topped their five-year average by a like percent, the Lake Carriers’ Association adds.

Also, shipments from Canadian quarries totaled 4.9 million tons, a 1.7 percent increase compared with 2017. This number is 10.8 percent higher than the five-year average of Canadian quarry shipments.

The Lake Carriers’ Association represents 13 American companies that operate 45 U.S.-flag vessels on the Great Lakes and carry the raw materials, including iron ore, flux stone, aggregate, cement, coal, sand and grain.

Find More on These Topics:

News 2018 Canadian quarries Great Lakes Lake Carriers' Association LCA limestone limestone shipments

Allison Kral

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.