In addition, Alcoa offered to divest Reynolds’ 50 %stake in a German alumina refinery controlled jointly with VAW to address competition concerns inrelation to commodity alumina hydrate, where the merging firms would have dominated the EEAmarket.
Desuden tilbød Alcoa at afhænde Reynolds’ 50 %-andel i et tysk aluminiumoxidanlæg, som Reynolds ejer sammen med VAW, for at løseproblemerne i relation til aluminiumhydroxid, hvor den fusionerede enhed ville være blevet dominerendepå EØS-markedet.