CRH linked to €890m deal for Lafarge asset

CRH is being linked with a second potential Asian deal in as many weeks, this one with a price tag of around $1bn (€890m).

A Mergermarket report has it that CRH is one of 16 likely bidders for assets in eastern India being sold by French cement giant Lafarge.

The disposal makes up part of the conditions related to Lafarge’s mega-merger with Swiss counterpart Holcim.