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Assets held for sale and divestitures	6 Months Ended
Assets held for sale and divestitures	Jun. 30, 2024
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]
Assets held for sale and divestitures	3. Assets held for sale and divestitures In November 2023, the Company entered into a sales agreement with SigmaRoc plc. to divest of its Lime operations in Europe for consideration of $1.1 billion. The transaction was structured in three phases. The first phase of the transaction, comprising the Company’s Lime operations in Germany, Czech Republic and Ireland, closed on January 1, 2024 and the second phase comprising the operations in the United Kingdom, closed on March 27, 2024. The divestitures resulted in a pretax gain of $115 million which is included in Other nonoperating income, net. The results of the divested operations and the gain on divestiture are reported in the Europe Materials Solutions segment. The third phase comprising the operations in Poland, is expected to close in the second half of 2024. The Lime operations in Poland comprise part of the Company’s Europe Materials Solutions segment and the relevant assets, $67 million, and liabilities, $14 million, have accordingly been reclassified as assets and liabilities held for sale. The disposal of certain cement, aggregates and readymixed concrete operations in Quebec, Canada, previously classified as held for sale, completed during the second quarter of 2024.