MMG must show nickel supply pledge is ‘quasi-structural’ to move EU regulator
By Nicholas Hirst ( October 26, 2026, 14:29 GMT | Comment) -- Can Sino-Australian miner MMG persuade the EU merger regulator that it will keep a promise to supply ferronickel to European steelmakers once it has bought a key mine in Brazil? That will likely depend on how watertight its proposal is. Regulators will accept such remedies where the underpinning legal framework is so rigid as to be “quasi-structural” — but they won’t take MMG’s word for it, and will quiz market players and make their own assessment.The fate of mining giant MMG’s bid to buy Anglo American's nickel operations in Brazil may hang on an enigmatic phrase in EU merger policy that has been popular of late: The "quasi-structural" remedy. ...
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