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Item 2. Properties

2025-02-26 compared with 2024-02-29 · 38 added, 41 removed, 145 unchanged (35% of the section changed)

As of February 13, 2025, we had a total of 3,816 operating locations:

Americas Materials Solutions Americas Building Solutions Europe Materials Solutions Europe Building

Americas Materials Solutions Americas Building Solutions International Solutions

United States 1,608 307 10

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Some of these operating locations are located on the same sites as our mining properties described below under the heading “Mineral Reserves and Resources:

Significant building materials operating locations for the Company’s subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023, are the cement facilities in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia and the Philippines.

Significant building materials operating locations for CRH’s subsidiaries, as of December 31, 2024, are the cement facilities in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Australia and the Philippines.

These facilities include plant and equipment such as kilns, crushers, calciners, coolers, and silos used to process limestone and other raw materials into cement as well as equipment used to extract and transport limestone from CRH quarries.

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Country Number of Plants Average Clinker Capacity

(tons per hour) Property Utilization

(tons per hour)

Americas Materials Solutions

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Great Lakes United States, Canada 2 298

Northeast United States — — —

Europe Materials Solutions

International Solutions

Western Europe United Kingdom, Ireland, France 8 898

Central & Eastern Europe Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia 8 1,712

Australia Australia 2 204

Philippines Philippines 5 714

Our building solutions businesses have many types of manufacturing facilities including paver, masonry, precast, pipe, dry-mix and lawn and garden plants.

During 2024, CRH’s material cement kilns operated on average at 73% utilization.

Our building solutions businesses have many types of manufacturing facilities including paver, masonry, precast, pipe, dry-mix, fencing and railing and lawn and garden plants.

These facilities include plant and equipment such as automated presses, batching systems, packaging equipment, kilns, coolers and silos which are used to turn raw materials into finished goods for our cementitious products as well as equipment such as presses, extruders and molds which are used in the fencing, railing, plastic pipe, trench and metals and enclosure businesses.

Two of our recent building solutions acquisitions, National Pipe & Plastics Inc.

and Barrette Outdoor Living Inc.

(Barrette), have provided CRH with strategically important manufacturing facilities serving the high-growth United States residential fencing and railing and PVC pipe infrastructure markets.

Other Properties

In addition to the properties described above and those disclosed under the heading “Mineral Reserves and Resources:

Background”, CRH’s principal corporate office, which it owns, is located in Dublin, Ireland.

The Company also leases administrative offices for each of its two Divisions, including a CRH Americas divisional headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and a CRH Europe divisional headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Background”, CRH has corporate offices in New York, New York (leased) and Dublin, Ireland (owned).

The Company also leases administrative offices for each of its two Divisions, including a CRH Americas divisional headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia and a CRH International divisional headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

CRH also owns and leases, directly or indirectly through third-parties, heavy mobile equipment, trucks and vehicles for production and transportation purposes.

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Mineral Reserves And Resources

The Company’s mineral reserves (reserves) and mineral resources (resources) for the production of primary building materials (which encompasses aggregates (stone, sand and gravel), cement and lime, asphalt, readymixed concrete and concrete products) fall into a variety of categories spanning a wide number of rock types and geological classifications.

CRH’s mineral reserves (reserves) and mineral resources (resources) for the production of primary building materials (which encompasses aggregates (crushed stone, sand and gravel), cement and lime, asphalt, readymixed concrete and concrete products) fall into a variety of categories spanning a wide number of rock types and geological classifications.

These reserves and resources are found within our extensive network of quarry locations in attractive local markets globally.

This disclosure of the Company’s mining properties has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of Subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K (Subpart 1300).

The Company has 1,235 properties with 226,153 acres of owned and 97,046 acres of leased land, respectively, as disclosed in the table on page 22 the locations of which are presented by geographic location in the maps on page 23.

As of December 31, 2024, the Company has 1,296 mining properties with 246,058 acres of owned and 129,818 acres of leased land, respectively, as disclosed in the table on page 25 the locations of which are presented by geographic location in the maps on page 26.

None of CRH’s mineral-bearing properties are individually material to the Company as of December 31, 2024.

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CRH has established and maintains a number of internal controls to address the risks inherent in the mineral reserves and resources reporting process.

These internal controls have been embedded into the local control environments and operate across the business, including controls at an operating company, divisional and Company level.

These internal controls have been embedded into the local control environments and operate across the business, including controls at an operating company, divisional and Group level.

As CRH’s reserves and resources are predominantly in production stage properties, features of the internal controls relating to quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) include:

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Canada 456 70% 30% – 169 84% 16% – 625 74% 26% –

Europe Materials Solutions Western Europe (UK, IE, FR, ES, DK, FI) (iv) 1,979 82% 18% — 1,214 92% 8% — 3,193 86% 14% —

International Solutions Western Europe (UK, IE, FR, ES, DK, FI) (iv) 1,993 82% 18% – 1,262 93% 7% – 3,255 86% 14% –

Central & Eastern Europe (PL, RO, SK, CH, HU) (iv) 267 82% 18% – 232 51% 49% – 499 68% 32% –

Australia 476 89% 11% – 227 95% 5% – 703 91% 9% –

Philippines 54 100% – – 5 100% – – 59 100% – –

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Canada 159 100% – – 22 100% – – 181 100% – –

Europe Materials Solutions Western Europe (UK, IE, FR, ES) (iv) 457 97% — 3% 177 96% — 4% 634 96% — 4%

International Solutions Western Europe (UK, IE, FR, ES) (iv) 407 96% – 4% 151 94% – 6% 558 96% – 4%

Central & Eastern Europe (DE, PL, RO, RS, SK, CH, UA) (iv) 695 95% 1% 4% 563 85% 3% 12% 1,258 91% 2% 7%

Australia 145 100% – – 1 – – 100% 146 99% – 1%

Philippines 455 69% 7% 24% 58 84% – 16% 513 70% 6% 24%

Subtotal 2,606 92% 2% 6% 1,067 91% 1% 8% 3,673 92% 1% 7%

Europe Materials Solutions Western Europe (UK, IE) (iv) 24 100% — — 21 100% — — 45 100% — —

Central & Eastern Europe (DE, PL, CZ) (iv) 270 100% — — 57 100% — — 327 100% — —

International Solutions Australia 30 30% 70% – 29 94% 6% – 59 61% 39% –

Subtotal 30 30% 70% – 29 94% 6% – 59 61% 39% –

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(iii) All reserves quantities are quoted in millions of short tons.

(iv) The country and their respective codes are Czech Republic:

(iv) The country and their respective codes are Denmark:

RS, Slovakia:

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UA, United Kingdom:

(v) At December 31, 2023, Europe Materials Solutions’ Lime operations have been classified as held for sale in the Consolidated Financial Statements (see Note 3 “Assets held for sale and discontinued operations” on page 66).

CRH’s mineral reserves and resources are used predominantly for the production and sale of aggregates, cement and lime.

The average sales price for the period January 1, 2023, to October 31, 2023, for aggregates and cement was $16.9 and $125.3 per ton, respectively, for our Americas Materials Solutions businesses and $10.9 and $116.0 per ton, respectively, for our Europe Materials Solutions businesses.

The average sales price for lime within our Europe Materials businesses over this time period was $174.7 per ton.

The average sales price for the period January 1, 2024, to October 31, 2024, for aggregates and cement was $18.5 and $135.4 per ton, respectively, for our Americas Materials Solutions’ businesses and $12.0 and $119.3 per ton, respectively, for our International Solutions’ businesses.

The average sales price for lime within our International Solutions' businesses over this time period was $165.6 per ton.

These prices, which are used for estimation of both mineral reserves and resources, are impacted by product mix, geographic location and foreign currency.

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Canada 354 94% 6% – — — — — 354 94% 6% – 96 100% – – 450

Europe Materials Solutions Western Europe (UK, IE, FR, ES, DK, FI) (iv) 364 19% 81% — 571 82% 17% 1% 935 58% 42% — 333 92% 8% — 1,268

Central & Eastern Europe (PL, RO, SK, CH, HU) (iv) 252 77% 23% — 69 78% 22% — 321 77% 23% — 46 68% 32% — 367

Philippines 28 100% — — 2 100% — — 30 100% — — — — — — 30

International Solutions Western Europe (UK, IE, FR, ES, DK, FI) (iv) 331 20% 80% – 571 80% 19% 1% 902 58% 42% – 403 92% 8% – 1,305

Central & Eastern Europe (RO, SK, CH) (iv) 248 76% 24% – 52 78% 22% – 300 76% 24% – 16 14% 86% – 316

Australia 26 100% – – 347 67% 33 % – 373 70% 30 % – 516 100 % – – 889

Subtotal 1,973 79% 19% 2% 2,553 79% 20% 1% 4,526 79% 20% 1% 5,364 78% 20% 2% 9,890

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Canada 49 89% – 11% — — – — 49 89% – 11% — — — – 49

Europe Materials Solutions Western Europe (UK, IE, FR, ES) (iv) 144 100% — — 70 91% — 9% 214 97% — 3% 80 96% 3% 1% 294

Central & Eastern Europe (DE, PL, RO, RS, SK, CH, UA) (iv) 309 98% — 2% 117 82% — 18% 426 93% — 7% 115 100% — — 541

International Solutions Western Europe (UK, IE, FR, ES) (iv) 138 100% – – 62 90% – 10% 200 97% – 3% 47 95% 5% – 247

Central & Eastern Europe (DE, RO, SK, UA) (iv) 347 57% – 43% 205 71% – 29% 552 62% – 38% 115 100% – – 667

Australia 2 100% – – – – – – 2 100% – – 2 100% – – 4

Philippines – – – – – – – – – – – – 32 99% 1% – 32

Subtotal 574 72% – 28% 307 78% – 22% 881 74% – 26% 512 100% – – 1,393

Europe Materials Solutions Western Europe (UK, IE) (iv) 7 100% — — — — — — 7 100% — — 19 100% — — 26

Central & Eastern Europe (DE, PL, CZ) (iv) 541 100% — — 228 100% — — 769 100% — — 133 100% — — 902

International Solutions Australia 71 82% 18% – 218 48% 52% – 289 56% 44% – 1 – 100% – 290

Subtotal 71 82% 18% – 218 48% 52% – 289 56% 44% – 1 – 100% – 290

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(iii) All resources quantities are quoted in millions of short tons.

(iv) The country and their respective codes are Czech Republic:

RS, Slovakia:

(iv) The country and their respective codes are Denmark:

RO, Slovakia:

ES, Switzerland:

UA, United Kingdom:

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Canada 33 14,129 1,717 20.5 20.3 17.1 32

Europe Materials Solutions Western Europe (UK, IE, FR, ES, DK, FI) (iii) 398 39,381 24,224 87.8 85.8 79.6 38

International Solutions Western Europe (UK, IE, FR, ES, DK, FI) (iii) 394 40,870 24,117 85.8 79.6 76.3 40

Central & Eastern Europe (PL, RO, SK, CH, HU) (iii) 38 2,807 1,213 11.3 10.9 12.3 43

Australia 24 9,518 1,858 – – 10.4 67

Philippines 1 – 440 – – – –

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Canada 2 1,053 17 2.2 3.4 2.2 70

Europe Materials Solutions Western Europe (UK, IE, FR, ES) (iii) 18 7,939 568 15.6 14.2 15.2 42

International Solutions Western Europe (UK, IE, FR, ES) (iii) 18 7,060 556 14.2 15.2 10.8 42

Central & Eastern Europe (DE, PL, RO, RS, SK, CH, UA) (iii) 29 3,131 4,595 16.5 17.1 18.1 73

Australia 12 3,632 1,127 – – 2.8 53

Philippines 5 2,469 531 7.2 7.7 7.0 70

Subtotal 77 39,578 9,473 50.2 55.0 52.7

Europe Materials Solutions Western Europe (UK, IE) (iii) 2 662 7 1.8 1.5 1.6 27

Central & Eastern Europe (DE, PL, CZ) (iii) 10 2,204 49 8.2 8.2 5.8 45

International Solutions Australia 10 692 19,338 – – 3.7 47

Subtotal 10 692 19,338 – – 3.7

Total 1,296 246,058 129,818 371.0 377.4 379.6

(i) The disclosures in the table above include the surface area of infrastructure, process plants, waste piles, water storage, water treatment plants and boundary

areas of CRH’s mineral-bearing properties.

(i) The disclosures in the table above include the surface area of infrastructure, process plants, waste piles, water storage, water treatment plants and boundary areas of CRH’s mineral-bearing properties.

Remote properties such as offices, distribution facilities and readymixed concrete plants are not included.

(ii) Years to depletion is based on the average of the three years’ 2022 to 2024 annualized extraction.

(iii) The country and their respective codes are Czech Republic:

(iii) The country and their respective codes are Denmark:

RS, Slovakia:

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UA, United Kingdom:

(iv) At December 31, 2023, Europe Materials Solutions’ Lime operations have been classified as held for sale in the Consolidated Financial Statements (see Note 3 “Assets held for sale and discontinued operations” on page 66).

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CRH Mineral Locations

CRH Mineral-Bearing Locations

l Represents the location of CRH’s mineral-bearing properties

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