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Justice Department Partners with Tennessee Attorney General to Preserve Competition for Asphalt in Western Tennessee

DOJ Antitrust Division News (Press Releases) Authoritative source Published 7th August 2026 United States

What the source reported

Source-reported

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, joined by the Attorney General of Tennessee, announced today that they will require CRH and its subsidiary APAC-Tennessee to divest two hot-mix asphalt plants as part of its acquisition of Standard Construction to address antitrust concerns in western Tennessee. 

Publication
DOJ Antitrust Division News (Press Releases) · Stock Exchange/Regulatory Announcements
Published
7th August 2026
Original report
justice.gov

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Supplier & Corporate Risk
Geography
United States
Organisations
None identified
Collected
28th September 2026 · 15:03

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 1 · Low
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (11.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (39/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points). Capped at 39 (Low) -- insufficient structured evidence to support a higher Confidence reading, regardless of source authority.

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Geographic Breadth