The anti-monopoly committee of Ukraine last year allowed CRH to buy cement maker Dyckerhoff Ukraine. Photograph: Nick BradshawWell-known motor dealer Eugene O’Reilly’s family faces being drawn into a dispute in Ukraine involving Irish building materials giant CRH, local rival Kovalska and the country’s mergers regulator. The anti-monopoly committee of Ukraine last year allowed CRH to buy cement maker Dyckerhoff Ukraine from its previous owner Italian group Buzzi. Kovalska argues that the acquisition gives CRH 46 per cent of Ukraine’s cement market on average and up to 99 per cent in some regions. Ukraine defines market dominance as 35 per cent, while the European Union benchmark for this is 40 per cent.
