The announcement on Wednesday came about two months after cement companies Holcim (Other OTC: HCMLF - news ) and Lafarge (Paris: FR0000120537 - news ) , which have agreed to merge, said CRH would buy some of their assets for 6.5 billion euros ($7.12 billion).
In the context of the input sentence, determine the relationship between 'Holcim' and 'cement'.
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