[3] The deal was set to combine Anglo American's Tarmac UK unit, employing 4,500 people, with Lafarge's cement, concrete and aggregate quarries, depots and terminals.

[4] In November 2012, Lafarge and Anglo American agreed to the sale of £285 million worth of British assets to Mittal Investments.

Three months later, in July 2014, Anglo American advised it was selling its 50% interest to Lafarge SA for £885 million ($1.5 billion), in part to allow the merger to clear regulatory hurdles.

[11] In February 2015, Lafarge announced it had reached an agreement to sell the company to CRH plc, with the exception of its Cauldon cement plant.

[12] Anglo American sold its 50% stake to Lafarge first,[13] for £992 million ($1.55 billion),[14] in order to allow CRH to buy the complete business.