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DOE RUN: Promotes Narayanaswamy Krishnaswamy as Analysis Manager
The Doe Run Company has promoted of Dr. Narayanaswamy Krishnaswamy to financial planning and analysis manager.
According to Doe Run management, Dr. Krishnaswamy's role is important to the long-term success of Doe Run's global operations. In his new position, Dr. Krishnaswamy analyzes monthly operational and financial performance, and he also is charged with overseeing the development of a five-year profit plan.
"As a global provider of premium metals and services, it is extremely critical to our future success to have accurate and thorough snapshots of our performance on an ongoing basis," said Terry Fox, chief financial officer of Doe Run. "We expect Dr. Krishnaswamy's work will have a measurable, positive impact on our operations in both the near and long term."
Doe Run first hired Dr. Krishnaswamy in 2002. He previously served as project manager of metal modeling.
Prior to joining Doe Run, Dr. Krishnaswamy was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Missouri-Rolla, where he earned a doctoral degree in metallurgical engineering. He holds a master's of business administration degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He has also worked as a principal process engineer at Billiton Process Research in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Based in St. Louis, Mo., The Doe Run Company -- http://www.doerun.com/ -- is a privately held natural resources company dedicated to environmentally responsible mineral production, metals fabrication, recycling and reclamation. The company and its subsidiaries deliver products and services needed to provide power, protection and convenience through premium products and associated metals including lead, zinc, copper, gold and silver. As the operator of one of the world's only multi-metal facilities and the Americas' largest integrated lead producer, Doe Run employs more than 5,000 people, with U.S. operations in Missouri, Washington and Arizona, and Peruvian operations in Cobriza and La Oroya.
Doe Run Peru S.R.L., an indirect Peruvian subsidiary, operates a smelter in La Oroya, Peru, one of the largest polymetallic processing facilities in the world, producing an extensive product mix of non-ferrous and precious metals, including silver, copper, zinc, lead and gold. Doe Run Peru also has a copper mining and milling operation in Cobriza, Peru in the region of Huancavelica, which is approximately 200 miles southeast of La Oroya in Peru.
Doe Run Peru Going Concern Doubt
As reported in the Troubled Company reporter-Latin America on Aug. 10, 2006, Doe Run Peru has significant capital requirements under environmental commitments and guarantees and substantial contingencies related to taxes and has significant debt service obligations under the revolving credit facility, each of which, if not satisfied, could result in a default under Doe Run Peru's credit agreement and collectively raise substantial doubt about Doe Run Peru's ability to continue as a going concern.
Doe Run Peru continues to have substantial cash requirements in the future, including the maturity of the revolving credit facility on Sept. 22, 2006, and significant capital requirements under environmental commitments. In addition, there are substantial contingencies related to taxes.
The Doe Run Peru Revolving Credit Facility expires on Sept. 22, 2006, and will require negotiations to extend its terms. There can be no assurance that Doe Run Peru will be successful in extending the existing credit agreement or negotiating a new agreement, or if it is successful, that the extended or new credit agreement would be at terms that are favorable to Doe Run Peru.
Any default under the requirements of the Environmental Remediation and Management Program could result in a default under the Doe Run Peru Revolving Credit Facility. A default under the requirements of the Doe Run Peru Revolving Credit Facility results in defaults under the Doe Run Revolving Credit Facility and the indenture governing the bonds.
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