COKE – FRANCE
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared the acquisition of French coking plant Cokerie de Carling, by German companies Dillinger Hütte and Saarstahl (SAG), through their iron-making joint venture Rogesa. Following a month-long review, the Commission has concluded the deal does not pose competition concerns - approving the sale unconditionally - because of the small scale of the Franco-German border plant's production. Rogesa will buy it from French state-owned Houillères du Bassin de Lorraine. Its interest was provoked by the coke price increase ...
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