25/04/2000 (Agence Europe) - American anti-trust authorities have authorised the merger between the Canadian aluminium producer Alcan and Switzerland's Algroup, Alcan has announced. Following the Commission's approval on 14 March last, the American authorisation now makes it possible to present the merger plan to both groups' shareholders. The initial three-way merger (with the French group Pechiney as the third partner) was dropped, because the European Commission made it known that it...