European Commission has opened an investigation to make detailed competitive assassments regarding Norsk Hydro’s acquisition of Alumetal due to concerns that the transaction could reduce competition in the production and supply of aluminium foundry alloys and master alloys in the European Economic Area. The press release dated 06.10.2022 about the investigation is available via https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_6013