Global manufacturers CRH, SRM Concrete buy ready-mix concrete assets across Texas

Ireland-based construction conglomerate CRH PLC (NYSE: CRH) will acquire several South and Central Texas assets from Martin Marietta Materials Inc. (NYSE: MLM) in a $2.1 billion deal, and Birmingham, Alabama-based Vulcan Materials Co. is selling its Texas ready-mix concrete assets to Tennessee-based SRM Concrete.