Oct
22

Nyrstar Drops Most on Record Amid Potential Equity Issue

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  • Shares slump as much as 34% to lowest level in six years
  • CEO says additional suspensions may mean extra impairments

Nyrstar NV, Europe’s largest refined-zinc producer, plunged the most since its shares began trading eight years ago after it said the mining business is being challenged by the rout in metals, raising the prospect of another share sale.

The stock slumped 27 percent, the most since listing in October 2007, to the lowest in six years. The company is evaluating debt and equity-market alternatives to address a 415 million-euro ($463 million) bond maturity in May 2016, while ruling out restructuring of the debt due next year, it said Thursday. The producer’s investment in smelting operations in Australia will cost more than previously forecast, it also said…

Nyrstar Drops Most on Record Amid Potential Equity Issue

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