CRH buys UK’s biggest cement maker

CRH is buying the UK’s biggest cement maker as part of the €6.5bn sale of assets by merger partners Lafarge and Holcim.

The disposal of Lafarge Tarmac, which employs 6,600 staff at 330 sites in the UK and produces 45 million tonnes of aggregates and 7 million tonnes of asphalt a year, will help France’s Lafarge and Holcim secure regulatory clearance for their tie-up.