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Molycorp Files for Chapter 11, Delisted From NYSE 

June 26, 2015

 

 

Molycorp Files for Chapter 11, Delisted From NYSE

By Paul Ausick June 26, 2015 1:05 pm EDT

When Molycorp (MCPIQ) held its initial public offering in July of 2010, the company priced the shares at $13.25, below the IPO range of $15 to $17 that the company had hoped for. The stock rose to an all-time high of around $77 a share by April of 2011, before collapsing to just over a dime on the OTC Pink market Friday morning, following the stock’s delisting from the New York Stock Exchange.

The company’s Mountain Pass mine in California was touted as the answer to global dependence on China’s rare earth metals mining industry. In an attempt to clean up the country’s illegal rare earth mining operations (and to keep global prices high in the face of the threat from Molycorp), China imposed export restrictions on certain rare earth metals. Then the unexpected happened.

Major users of rare earth metals began to explore for substitutes for the expensive minerals — and users found them. Add to that the lifting of China’s export restrictions, and it was just a matter of time before new rare earth mining companies like Molycorp folded.

The company’s European and Asian operations are not affected by the bankruptcy filing, and all of Molycorp’s U.S. operations will continue running under debtor-in-possession financing while the company negotiates with its creditors. The financing package totals $225 million and the total debt being negotiated is $1.7 billion. Molycorp said that it had executed a restructuring support agreement with creditors holding more than 70% of the principal on its 10% senior secured notes.

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