CRH's Second Quarter Revenues up on Pricing and Demand

CRH's second quarter revenues up on pricing and demand

Building materials giant CRH has reported higher revenues and income for the second quarter of 2026 as it reaffirmed its full year guidance.

CRH revenues up 6% on back of strong demand

Revenues at Irish-founded building materials group increased 6% year-on-year in the second quarter due to price increases, strong underlying demand and acquisitions. The New York listed-company made $10.8bn in sales during the period, up from $10.2bn a year earlier. Net income jumped 13% from $1.3bn to $1.5bn as the group supplemented its operating performance with gains on divestitures. Adjusted EBITDA of $2.6bn equated to annual growth of 7% (…

Groundwork is progressing well to build a carbon capture facility at Heidelberg Materials in north Wales.

Groundwork is progressing well to build the UK’s first carbon capture facility at a cement works at Heidelberg Materials UK’s Padeswood site in north Wales. More than 60,000 tonnes of aggregate has been used to establish the working areas and over 600 concrete piles, containing around 5,000 cubic metres of concrete, have already been placed by two piling rigs, as part of the construction of a retaining wall. All of the concrete being used to c…