Liberty House Group secures financing to acquire Rio Tinto's Dunkerque aluminum smelter

Liberty House Group, part of GFG Alliance, secured a five-year term loan from international banks to purchase Rio Tinto's Dunkerque aluminum smelter in France. The smelter has an annual capacity of 270,000 tons, and the deal is expected to close before the end of November 2018.

“This transaction allows us to press ahead with our plans to develop Dunkerque, to expand production and create added-value downstream operations.”agmetalminer.com

• 3 sources
• agmetalminer.comLiberty Group Seals Financing to Acquire Rio Tinto's Dunkerque Aluminum Smelter - MetalMinerSohrab DarabshawNov 15, 2018
• libertysteelgroup.comLiberty completes acquisition of Aluminium Dunkerque - LIBERTY Steel GrouplibertysteelgrDec 14, 2018
• nordfranceinvest.comLiberty Aluminium Dunkerque: €100M to modernize the siteFeb 6, 2019

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