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Business Valuation UpdateVol. 14 No. 11
Legal and Court Case Update
November 2008
1021 Copper Ores
212230 Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining
bankruptcy
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ASARCO v. Americas Mining Corp. (I)
2008 WL 4009927(S.D. Tex.)
August 30, 2008
US
Federal Court
Texas
United States District Court
Navigant (plaintiff/debtor); Craig Pirrong (defendant)
Hanen

Summary

By 2003, a century-old mining company had entered “the zone of insolvency,” according to its valuation and legal advisors.

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