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A court case that aims to wind up operations at the Whyalla Steelworks is still set down to begin this morning, despite an eleventh hour announcement by Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance yesterday that a refinancing deal for its Australian operations had been agreed.
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Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance says it is closing in on a deal to refinance the Whyalla steelworks, potentially heading off a court bid to wind up its Australian businesses.
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Reports are emerging from the UK that British ministers have rejected a request from steel and mining magnate Sanjeev Gupta, owner of the Whyalla steelworks, for a 170 million pound ($307 million) loan to save his GFG Alliance from potential collapse.
The main financier of Whyalla’s steelworks has filed for insolvency in the UK overnight, further clouding the future of the Sanjeev Gupta-owned plant.
Treasurer Rob Lucas says that a $50 million support package for the Whyalla steelworks promised by the former Labor government will not be handed over to Sajeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance to help bail the company out if it or its South Australian operations fall victim to a financial crisis engulfing its major lender.
Whyalla steelworks owner Sanjeev Gupta has sold his company’s stake of South Australian company ZEN Energy back to its original owners, as the British billionaire’s GFG Alliance looks to cut costs globally.
GFG Alliance says it has no “plans for widespread workforce changes” at the Whyalla steelworks, but has refused to rule out future job cuts, after the company axed more than 350 jobs from its steel plants in the UK last week.
