CRH, a provider of building materials, has agreed to acquire Eco Material Technologies, a North American supplier of supplementary cementitious materials, for $2.1bn.

Fluor, a US-based engineering and construction company, has confirmed receipt of the final notice to proceed on the Reko Diq copper project in Pakistan from Barrick Mining.

VINCI Energies has agreed to acquire Zimmer & Hälbig, a Bielefeld-based company in Germany, pending approval from the German competition authorities.