diff --git a/.buildlibrary b/.buildlibrary
index aa5f03c9..834f9fa7 100644
--- a/.buildlibrary
+++ b/.buildlibrary
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ValidationKey: '27181322'
+ValidationKey: '27302340'
 AcceptedWarnings:
 - 'Warning: package ''.*'' was built under R version'
 - 'Warning: namespace ''.*'' is not available and has been replaced'
diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index 27669311..7903a366 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "title": "mrremind: MadRat REMIND Input Data Package",
-  "version": "0.141.4",
+  "version": "0.142.0",
   "description": "<p>The mrremind packages contains data preprocessing for the\n    REMIND model.<\/p>",
   "creators": [
     {
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d59fb8ce..003634f2 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: mrremind
 Title: MadRat REMIND Input Data Package
-Version: 0.141.4
-Date: 2022-08-19
+Version: 0.142.0
+Date: 2022-08-23
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Lavinia", "Baumstark", , "lavinia@pik-potsdam.de", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Renato", "Rodrigues", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index b537ed4e..444d6b9e 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 export(calcAGEB)
 export(calcBP)
+export(calcCement)
 export(calcCementShare)
 export(calcChemicalFeedstocksShare)
 export(calcClinker_to_cement_ratio)
diff --git a/R/calcCement.R b/R/calcCement.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf8914f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/calcCement.R
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#' Calculate Historic Cement Production
+#'
+#' Combines cement production data from [`readvanRuijven2016()`] and
+#' [`readUSGS(cement)`][readUSGS] into a single data set, using USGS data from
+#' 2005 on.
+#'
+#' @md
+#' @return A list with a [`magpie`][magclass::magclass] object `x` with
+#'   country-level cement production in tonnes, `weight`, `unit`, `description`,
+#'   and `min` fields.
+#'
+#' @author Michaja Pehl
+#'
+#' @seealso [calcOutput]
+#'
+#' @importFrom assertr verify
+#' @importFrom dplyr anti_join arrange bind_rows filter group_by select ungroup
+#' @importFrom magclass as.magpie
+#' @importFrom magrittr %>%
+#' @importFrom quitte madrat_mule
+#' @importFrom rlang .data syms
+
+#' @export
+calcCement <- function() {
+  transition_year <- 2005
+  . <- NULL
+
+  d_vanRuijvan2016 <- readSource('vanRuijven2016', convert = FALSE) %>%
+    madrat_mule()
+
+  d_USGS_cement <- readSource('USGS', 'cement', convert = FALSE) %>%
+    madrat_mule() %>%
+    group_by(!!!syms(c('iso3c', 'year'))) %>%
+    filter(max(.data$reporting.year) == .data$reporting.year) %>%
+    ungroup() %>%
+    select(-'reporting.year')
+
+  d <- d_USGS_cement %>%
+    filter(transition_year <= .data$year)
+
+  d <- bind_rows(
+    d,
+
+    d_vanRuijvan2016 %>%
+      anti_join(d, c('iso3c', 'year'))
+  ) %>%
+    group_by(!!!syms(c('iso3c', 'year'))) %>%
+    mutate(count = n()) %>%
+    verify(1 == .data$count,
+           description = 'only one data point per country/year') %>%
+    select(-'count') %>%
+    arrange(!!!syms(c('iso3c', 'year')))
+
+  return(list(x = d %>%
+                as.magpie(spatial = 1, temporal = 2, data = ncol(.)) %>%
+                toolCountryFill(verbosity = 2),
+              weight = NULL,
+              description = 'historical cement production',
+              unit = 'tonnes of cement',
+              min = 0))
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7fcb036..ec5b6e96 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MadRat REMIND Input Data Package
 
-R package **mrremind**, version **0.141.4**
+R package **mrremind**, version **0.142.0**
 
 [![CRAN status](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/mrremind)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=mrremind)  [![R build status](https://github.com/pik-piam/mrremind/workflows/check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/pik-piam/mrremind/actions) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/mrremind/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/mrremind) [![r-universe](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/badges/mrremind)](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/ui#builds)
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ In case of questions / problems please contact Lavinia Baumstark <lavinia@pik-po
 
 To cite package **mrremind** in publications use:
 
-Baumstark L, Rodrigues R, Levesque A, Oeser J, Bertram C, Mouratiadou I, Malik A, Schreyer F, Soergel B, Rottoli M, Mishra A, Dirnaichner A, Pehl M, Giannousakis A, Klein D, Strefler J, Feldhaus L, Brecha R, Rauner S, Dietrich J, Bi S, Benke F, Weigmann P, Richters O, Hasse R (2022). _mrremind: MadRat REMIND Input Data Package_. R package version 0.141.4, <https://github.com/pik-piam/mrremind>.
+Baumstark L, Rodrigues R, Levesque A, Oeser J, Bertram C, Mouratiadou I, Malik A, Schreyer F, Soergel B, Rottoli M, Mishra A, Dirnaichner A, Pehl M, Giannousakis A, Klein D, Strefler J, Feldhaus L, Brecha R, Rauner S, Dietrich J, Bi S, Benke F, Weigmann P, Richters O, Hasse R (2022). _mrremind: MadRat REMIND Input Data Package_. R package version 0.142.0, <https://github.com/pik-piam/mrremind>.
 
 A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
   title = {mrremind: MadRat REMIND Input Data Package},
   author = {Lavinia Baumstark and Renato Rodrigues and Antoine Levesque and Julian Oeser and Christoph Bertram and Ioanna Mouratiadou and Aman Malik and Felix Schreyer and Bjoern Soergel and Marianna Rottoli and Abhijeet Mishra and Alois Dirnaichner and Michaja Pehl and Anastasis Giannousakis and David Klein and Jessica Strefler and Lukas Feldhaus and Regina Brecha and Sebastian Rauner and Jan Philipp Dietrich and Stephen Bi and Falk Benke and Pascal Weigmann and Oliver Richters and Robin Hasse},
   year = {2022},
-  note = {R package version 0.141.4},
+  note = {R package version 0.142.0},
   url = {https://github.com/pik-piam/mrremind},
 }
 ```