CRH plc controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
West Virginia paving antitrust settlement
CRH subsidiaries reached a settlement concerning allegations of market power and anti-competitive conduct in three West Virginia road-paving markets. The supplied material does not state the settlement amount.
2012
Irish cartel-related civil proceedings dismissed
Irish High Court proceedings alleging anti-competitive conduct and an eviction strategy were dismissed because the claimants had delayed excessively in producing evidence. Subsequent appeals were dismissed by 2014.
2012
United States cement and concrete class action settlement
A Florida class action alleged that Oldcastle Materials and other companies coordinated cement and concrete prices. The case was settled in 2012 on terms not disclosed in the supplied material.
2009
Polish cement price-fixing penalty
Grupa Ożarów, in which CRH had invested, was fined €26 million in a case concerning alleged coordination of grey-cement prices and market shares. The penalty was appealed and upheld by a Polish court in 2013.
2007
Polish evidence-interference penalty
Polish competition authorities fined CRH €530,000 for interfering with evidence collected during a price-fixing investigation.
1994
European cement cartel finding involving Irish Cement
The European Commission determined that Irish Cement, a wholly owned CRH subsidiary, participated in a broader European cement price-fixing and market-sharing arrangement and imposed a fine exceeding €3.5 million.