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February

The South Australian government  put Sanjeev Gupta’s Whyalla steelworks into administration on Feb 19 with emergency legislation, declaring it was fed up with unpaid bills.

Gupta’s ‘ringfenced’ InfraBuild bought $430m of Whyalla steel

KordaMentha will scrutinise the sizeable related-party transactions in the administration of the stricken steelworks.

Mark Korda and Mark Mentha, founders of insolvency firm KordaMentha.

KordaMentha gets second bite of the Whyalla apple

Mark Mentha and his colleague Sebastian Hams return to the steelworks town after both did the due diligence on Sanjeev Gupta.

Sanjeev Gupta with SA Premier Peter Malinauskas in Adelaide in 2022.

How Gupta’s ill-fated Whyalla ownership unravelled

Sanjeev Gupta has lost Adelaide’s politicians, and with them, his last loyal constituency.

October 2024

Molycop operates furnaces in Newcastle and is one of the world’s largest producers of grinding media.

Blast from the past: Molycop pins hopes on 2025 IPO

Molycop’s Omaha-based CEO Jim Anderson met with a handful of fund managers in late September, reacquainting them with the idea of an ASX listing.

The Whyalla steel mill looms large over Buster Todd, a resident, and the entire town.

The town bearing the brunt of Sanjeev Gupta’s financial nightmare

The British industrialist’s steelworks looms over Whyalla, population 21,900. There’s plenty at stake if things go south.

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May 2024

The Whyalla steelworks is owned by GFG Alliance. Its furnace has been out of action for months.

Gupta’s $500m Whyalla steelworks upgrade delayed by two years

A plan to produce green steel will now be pushed out until 2027, the company said. It is already grappling with issues that have shut down the furnace.

April 2024

The Whyalla steelworks have been offline for almost four weeks because of a technical problem.

Sanjeev Gupta’s Whyalla steelworks crippled by blast furnace strife

The shutdown, which has run for four weeks so far, is an unwanted hit to the finances of the British industrialist’s struggling manufacturing empire.

November 2023

Gupta loads InfraBuild up with debt to save his global empire

Documents sent to prospective bondholders suggest the money may be distributed far and wide. Creditors were hoping for a lot more than what is now being raised.

May 2023

Molycop operates furnaces are in Newcastle and is one of the world’s largest producers of grinding media.

Molycop owners prepare to float steel business, call in Goldman Sachs

American Industrial Partners snapped up the company, the crown jewel of the Arrium empire, for $1.6 billion in 2016. It is hoping for an IPO worth $2 billion.

February 2022

  Justice Stephen Gageler will be the most senior member of  the High Court when Chief Justice Susan Kiefel retires.

High Court boost for shareholder class actions

Lawyers say a High Court decision on the collapse of steelmaker Arrium will benefit securities class actions.

November 2021

Sanjeev Gupta in October cemented a refinancing of the Whyalla steelworks and the Tahmoor coal operations.

Sanjeev Gupta may keep stake in Cultana solar farm

GFG Alliance is on a slightly better footing than in the dark days of May and the green economy push is accelerating faster too.

June 2021

Sydney’s Australian Club, where the continued absence of the fairer sex is a source of embarrassment for more modern members.

Australian Club campaigner has form on unpopular fights

In 2012, Peter Graham was a vocal but largely ineffective campaigner against the then OneSteel’s plan to change its name to Arrium.

May 2021

Arrium fell into administration in April 2016.

Arrium courtroom saga awaits judge’s ruling

After more than two months of battle in the courtroom, former Arrium lenders and treasury employees are awaiting the court’s decision over the 2016 collapse of the steel maker.

Former Arrium chief executive Andrew Roberts is one of the defendants who is part of the settlement.

Liquidators reach settlement with Arrium directors

The insolvent trading action brought against Arrium Group’s board of directors and members of management has reached a settlement.

April 2021

Former Arrium chairman Jerry Maycock.

Former Arrium chairman grilled over 2016 collapse

The court battle over Arrium’s demise is running parallel to Gupta’s battle to save his empire from the collapse of its main financier – Lex Greensill’s supply chain finance business Greensill Capital.

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The NSW Supreme Court is hearing three Arrium actions at the same time.

First settlement in battle over collapse of Arrium

A treasury employee who was a defendant in one of the three legal actions being fought over the $2.8 billion collapse of Arrium has reached a settlement with the lenders suing her.

March 2021

Former Arrium CEO Andrew Roberts faced his first day on the stand on Monday.

Lack of trade buyers for Molycop concerned Arrium

KordaMentha launched its action in July 2019 against 10 former Arrium directors for alleged insolvent trading.

Former Arrium CFO Robert Bakewell faced a grilling over the collapse of the steel-maker.

Arrium used EY to push lenders to forgive debt

The former CFO of collapsed steel-maker Arrium has faced a four day grilling over the company’s demise over 2015 and 2016.

Infrabuild, which has steel assets mainly in the eastern states, does not have the high profile of the Whyalla steelworks but it is a better performing business in Sanjeev Gupta’s empire.

Gupta director says Infrabuild is Greensill-free

Ray Horsburgh says Sanjeev Gupta’s biggest Australian business has a robust order book that is getting busier.

The Whyalla steelworks were Arrium’s  main asset.

Arrium was not in a liquidity crisis: directors

The lawyer for former directors argued the phrase “liquidity crisis” by plaintiffs was odd and Arrium was, and expected to remain, within its banking covenants.

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