The origins of the business date back to 1990 when Hanson plc acquired Peabody Energy, a US coal business.
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In 1996 Hanson ended its time as a diversified conglomerate by breaking itself up into four separate listed companies: Hanson plc, Imperial Tobacco, The Energy Group and Millennium Chemicals.