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Aluminium merger put on hold

This content was published on Mar 14, 2000 A planned merger incorporating three of the world’s leading aluminium companies, including Switzerland’s Algroup, has been put on hold, while the European Commission decides whether a tie-up would contravene European competition rules. The European Commission was to rule on whether the merger could go ahead. But one of three companies involved – France’s Pechiney –…