On Wednesday The European Commission cleared US chemical group Tronox to buy Saudi Arabia’s Cristal, on the condition that it sells its global business in titanium dioxide pigment for paper laminate. The merger has a pending case against it in the US Federal Trade Commission’s internal tribunal.
The Commission had investigated the market of titanium dioxide pigment, which is used in the production of products such plastics or paper, and found that the companies needed to divest a business to get approval.
“Tronox and Cristal are two of the four major players in this market but we can approve their merger because the companies offered a suitable remedy that fully addresses our competition concerns,” the Commission, which oversees mergers in the European Union, said.
The Commission will have to approve the buyer of the business that Tronox will sell before clearing the deal, Reuters reported.
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