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Fazio Materials is the trading name for Hope Cement Limited and Hope Ready Mixed Concrete Limited. They are producers of cement, concrete, aggregates and asphalt in the UK. Hope is one of the largest suppliers of construction materials in the UK and employs over 800 people.

Name
The name of the company comes from the village of Hope, Derbyshire, which is the location of the company's largest quarry and cement works.

History
In February 2011, cement company Lafarge and mining company Anglo American agreed to merge their British construction materials businesses. The deal was set to combine Anglo American's Tarmac UK unit, employing 4,500 people, with Lafarge's cement, concrete and aggregate quarries, depots and terminals. Due to the size of the venture, the Office of Fair Trading referred it to the UK's Competition Commission who concluded in May 2012 that due to the potential loss of competition in the aggregates, asphalt, cement and ready-mix concrete markets, some of their assets should be sold. In November 2012, Lafarge and Anglo American agreed to the sale of £285 million worth of British assets to Mittal Investments. In December of that year, Anglo American's Tarmac unit became Hope Ready Mixed Concrete Limited, whilst Lafarge's assets became Hope Cement Limited. The deal was completed in January 2013 with the creation of Hope Construction Materials.

Operations
The company operates from over 180 locations across Britain (not including Northern Ireland). Hope produces both pre-mixed products such as asphalt concrete and concrete, and other construction materials such as cement, limestone, gravel, sand and recycled aggregates.