9th Feb 2007 09:00
CRH PLC09 February 2007 N E W S R E L E A S E February 9th 2007 CRH COMPLETES PURCHASE OF CHINESE CEMENT PLANT CRH plc is pleased to announce that, having received the necessary governmentapproval, it has completed the purchase of a cement plant in Heilongjiangprovince, northeast China. As previously announced the plant, which will operate as Harbin Sanling CementCompany ("Harbin Sanling"), is located in Xiaoling Township, approximately 45 kmsoutheast of Heilongjiang's largest city, Harbin (population: 9 million). HarbinSanling is a modern plant with two clinker production lines and total cementcapacity of 650,000 tonnes per annum. In a comment, Liam O'Mahony, CRH Chief Executive said: "We are delighted to haveconcluded our first acquisition in China, which provides the opportunity for CRHto participate in the large and growing Chinese building materials market". ______________________________________________________________________________ Contact: +353 1 4041000 Liam O'Mahony, Chief ExecutiveMyles Lee, Finance DirectorEimear O'Flynn, Head of Investor RelationsMaeve Carton, Group Controller CRH plc, Belgard Castle, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, Ireland TELEPHONE +353.1.4041000 FAX +353.1.4041007 E-MAIL [email protected] WEBSITE www.crh.com Registered Office, 42 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2, Ireland This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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