According to a report Tuesday from the Lake Carriers' Association, for the second month in a row, shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes reached their highest level in six years.? The 7,242,492 tons loaded in August are the most since ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral
According to a report Thursday from the Lake Carriers' Association, iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 7,231,506 tons in July, the highest level since July 2008 when 7,318,961 tons were loaded at U.S. and Canadian ports. This ...
According to the Lake Carriers’ Association, US-flag Great Lakes freighters (“lakers”) moved only 3.8 million tons of cargo in April, a decrease of nearly 50 percent compared to a year ago. Heavy ice, especially on Lake ...
Tags: Freight Shipments, Iron ore
According to a report from the Lake Carriers’ Association, heavy ice formations on the Great Lakes continued to slash iron ore shipments in April. Shipments totaled only 2.7 million tons, a decrease of 52 percent compared to a year ...
Tags: Iron Ore, iron ore shipments
According to a release from the Lake Carriers’ Association Thursday, massive, thick ice formations on the Great Lakes limited iron ore shipments in March to 1.1 million tons, a decrease of 43 percent compared to a year ago. Shipments ...
Tags: Iron Ore, steel production
Iron ore shipments originating from US ports along the Great Lakes plummeted almost 55% in March compared to the five-year average for the month as "massive" ice formations stymied vessel movements, the Lake Carriers' Association said ...
Tags: Iron ore, steel production
According to a report Thursday from the Lake Carriers' Association, ice formations, the likes of which have not been seen in decades, severely limited cargo movement in US-flag vessels on the Great Lakes in March.? Shipments of iron ore, ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Iron Ore
Steel production in the US Great Lakes region tumbled 6.8% last week after falling 9.8% the week before, the American Iron and Steel Institute reported Monday. The Great Lakes region produced 565,000 st of steel in the week ended ...
According to a report Thursday from the Lake Carriers’ Association, coal shipments on the US Great Lakes totaled 373,000 tons in January. While the total represents an increase of 62 percent compared to a year ago, January 2013 was ...
Tags: Coal Shipments, Mineral
Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 2 million tons in January, a decrease of 37 percent compared to a year ago, according to a report Tuesday from the Lake Carriers' Association.? The decrease was entirely the result of the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
According to a report from the Lake Carriers’ Association, shipments of coal on the Great Lakes totaled 24.6 million tons in 2013, a decrease of 2.8 percent compared to 2012. Some of the decrease can be attributed to the early onset ...
According to a report from the Lake Carriers’ Association, shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 58.3 million tons in 2013, a decrease of 5.3 percent from 2012. While the trade had been slightly behind 2012’s pace ...
Tags: Iron Ore Shipments, Mineral
According to a report released Tuesday from the Lake Carriers' Association, US-flag Great Lakes freighters (lakers) carried 8.7 million tons of dry-bulk cargo in November, a decrease of 4.7 percent compared to a year ago. The total was also ...
According to a report from the Lake Carriers' Association, shipments of iron ore on the US Great Lakes totaled 5.5 million tons in November, an increase of 7 percent compared to a year ago.? The November ore float was also 4.1 percent ahead ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
According to a release from the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA) Wednesday, shipments of coal on the US Great Lakes totaled 2.8 million tons in October, an increase of 92,000 tons compared to a year ago. Shipments were up 135,000 tons ...
Tags: Coal Trade, Mineral