U.S. Export Import Bank considers loaning up to $200 million to Latrobe Magnesium

Latrobe Magnesium, which is commercialising a method of extracting magnesium and other useful material from brown coal fly ash, is one of seven Australian companies receiving Letters of Interest (LOIs) totalling over $US 2.2 billion (approximately $3.4 billion) from lender the U.S Export Import Bank (EXIM.) According to a statement from Latrobe Magnesium, EXIM’s financing…

Latrobe Magnesium to raise $18m to progress magnesium production

Latrobe Magnesium has received firm commitments to raise $12.0 million from new and existing institutional and professional investors via an institutional placement and has announced plans for an entitlement offer to shareholders to raise another $6 million. The company, which recently produced what it called the world’s first environmentally sustainable magnesium oxide (MgO) from fly…