Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Rio Tinto do Brasil Ltda.; Mineração Rio do Norte S.A.; South 32 Minerals S.A.; Ananke Alumina S.A.
BWB/Z-6332
On 27.07.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Rio Tinto do Brasil Ltda. intends to acquire 12.5% of the ordinary shares and 8.75% of the preferred shares, resulting in a total shareholding of 25% of the ordinary shares and 20.5% of the preferred shares in Mineração Rio do Norte S.A. from Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio.
Industries: Mining and quarrying.
Industry sector: B - Bergbau und Gewinnung von Steinen und Erden
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 24.08.2023.
Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.
Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.
Non-prohibition of the merger
The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 25.08.2023 .