Nyrstar NV and Sims Metal Management Limited (SGM) announced that they had reached a conditional agreement to sell their respective interests in the secondary lead producing facility in Sydney, Australia of Australian Refined Alloys (ARA) to companies associated with Renewed Metal Technologies for a total sale price of approximately A$80 million, subject to a customary working capital adjustment at completion. Following the sale, Nyrstar and SimsMM will retain ARA’s secondary lead producing facility in Melbourne, Australia which will continue to be operated as a 50/50 joint venture.
ARA is a secondary lead producing 50/50 joint venture between Nyrstar and SimsMM. ARA has two facilities, one of which is located in Alexandria (Sydney, Australia) and the other in Laverton North (Melbourne, Australia). Total lead production in 2010 was approximately 37,900 tonnes (Sydney 20,700 tonnes and Melbourne 17,200 tonnes). Renewed Metals Technologies (RMT) is a privately held company that specialises in the recovery of renewable resources. RMT owns and operates a secondary lead producing facility in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
Nyrstar is an integrated mining and metals business, with market leading positions in zinc and lead, and growing positions in other base and precious metals; essential resources that are fuelling the rapid urbanisation and industrialisation of our changing world. Nyrstar has mining, smelting, and other operations located in Europe, Australia, China, Canada, the United States and Latin America and employs over 6,600 people. Nyrstar is incorporated in Belgium and has its corporate office in Switzerland. Sims Metal Management is the world’s largest listed metal recycler with approximately 260 facilities and 6,500 employees globally. Sims’ core businesses are metal recycling and recycling solutions. Sims Metal Management generated approximately 85 percent of its revenue from operations in North America, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, New Zealand and Asia in Fiscal 2011.
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