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UK: Three major construction suppliers face cartel charges

By  |  March 28, 2019

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) revealed it has provisionally found that the UK’s three principal suppliers of rolled lead broke competition law

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    Rolled lead is an important product for the construction industry, used mainly for roofing.

    The CMA has provisionally found that the three, who account for about 90% of UK rolled lead supplies, entered into a cartel to share the market amongst themselves through, for example, the allocation of customers.

    The CMA has been investigating Associated Lead Mills Ltd, which has its headquarters in Hoddesdon, and its sister company Jamestown Metals Limited, H.J. Enthoven Ltd (trading as BLM British Lead, which has its headquarters in Welwyn Garden City) and Calder Industrial Materials Ltd, since July 2017.

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