US Magnesium LLC

  1. October 16, 2025

    US Magnesium Wins Time To Pursue Sale, EPA Discussions

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Thursday he would grant interim approval to about four more weeks of Chapter 11 financing for US Magnesium after pushing back a hearing to convert the case to a Chapter 7 liquidation.

  2. October 06, 2025

    US Magnesium Tables DIP Motion Amid Ch. 7 Conversion Bid

    US Magnesium told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Monday that it would temporarily set aside requests to borrow Chapter 11 financing and launch a sale process, as unsecured creditors push to convert the case to a Chapter 7 liquidation in a bid to halt what they call "disastrous" bankruptcy plans by the onetime magnesium producer.

  3. October 03, 2025

    Trustee Blasts Proposed US Magnesium Ch. 11 Financing

    The U.S. Trustee's Office has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to reject the proposed debtor-in-possession financing for U.S. Magnesium, saying the terms hand control of the case to the DIP lender and propose to let the company off the hook for its environmental obligations.

  4. September 23, 2025

    Superfund Dispute Helped Lead US Magnesium To Ch. 11

    A long-running dispute with state and federal regulators over cleanup of a Superfund site next to Utah's Great Salt Lake was a major contributor to U.S. Magnesium's Chapter 11 filing earlier this month, more than 20 years after it acquired its predecessor during its bankruptcy.

  5. September 19, 2025

    Meet The Attys In US Magnesium's Ch. 11

    US Magnesium LLC, once North America's largest producer of primary magnesium, has hired attorneys from Gellert Seitz Busenkell & Brown LLC to see it through a Chapter 11 case aimed at completing an asset sale.

  6. September 16, 2025

    Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action

    Bankrupt dietary supplement company Iovate began a Chapter 15 case to protect its U.S. assets as it weighs pursuing a Canadian insolvency. A car loan lender for low-income people entered Chapter 7 with at least a billion in debt. And an aerospace manufacturer entered Chapter 11 with at least $15 million in debt to tackle.

  7. September 12, 2025

    Magnesium Producer's DIP Rollup Denied Amid Enviro Row

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Friday rejected US Magnesium's request to roll up some $3 million in existing debt after the state of Utah argued that doing so would improperly grant a lender liens on unencumbered assets, saying the evidence didn't support approving the rollup so early in the Chapter 11 case.

  8. September 11, 2025

    Magnesium Producer Hits Ch. 11 Following Plant Failures

    US Magnesium LLC, once North America's largest producer of primary magnesium, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court with up to $500 million of debt, years after major equipment failures at its Utah facility ground production to a halt.