BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's biggest copper smelter Aurubis (DE:NAFG) won EU antitrust approval on Monday for its planned 380 million euro (334.28 million pounds)acquisition of Belgian-Spanish metal recycling group Metallo, the European Commission said.
Confirming a Reuters report from April 28, the Commission said in a statement: "the merger would not adversely affect competition" in the copper recycling sector.
Aurubis agreed in May 2019 to buy Metallo as part of an acquisition-led expansion into other metals. Metallo processes about 220,000 tonnes of scrap and recycling materials a year at its Beerse plant in Belgium and another 95,000 tonnes its plant in Berango, Spain.