When Paladin Energy, an Australian uranium mining company, was in need of capital in 2014, SC Lowy, a Hong Kong-based investment bank specialising in fixed income, offered it debt finance. Paladin considered the offer — but ended up selling equity investments to Chinese firms instead. Among them was a 24 per cent stake in a uranium mine, which it sold to China National Nuclear. Last week, after its efforts to sell the remainder of the mine to its Chinese partner fell through, Paladin filed for administration in Perth.
2014年,當澳大利亞鈾礦商帕拉丁能源(Paladin Energy)需要資金時,專事固定收益業務、總部位于香港的投行SC Lowy表示愿意讓其債務融資。帕拉丁能源考慮了這一提議,但最終將其持有的股權出售給多家中國公司。其中包括將一座鈾礦24%的股權,出售給中國核工業集團公司(China National Nuclear)。上周,在向中國合作伙伴出售該鈾礦剩余股份的努力告敗后,帕拉丁在珀斯申請破產保護。