Brussels, 18/11/2010 (Agence Europe) - On 17 November, the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into a scheme relieving German producers of non-ferrous metals of part of their electricity costs.
Germany intends to grant operating aid totalling €40 million to compensate energy intensive non-ferrous metal producers (aluminium, copper, zinc,) for a large part of the CO2 costs included in their electricity prices for the second half of 2009. The Commission is concerned that...