Acquisition

CRH PLC
09 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 government
approval, it has completed the purchase of a cement plant in Heilongjiang
province, northeast China.


As previously announced the plant, which will operate as Harbin Sanling Cement
Company ('Harbin Sanling'), is located in Xiaoling Township, approximately 45 km
southeast of Heilongjiang's largest city, Harbin (population: 9 million). Harbin
Sanling is a modern plant with two clinker production lines and total cement
capacity of 650,000 tonnes per annum.


In a comment, Liam O'Mahony, CRH Chief Executive said: 'We are delighted to have
concluded our first acquisition in China, which provides the opportunity for CRH
to participate in the large and growing Chinese building materials market'.

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Liam O'Mahony, Chief Executive
Myles Lee, Finance Director
Eimear O'Flynn, Head of Investor Relations
Maeve Carton, Group Controller



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