Evonik Agrees to Sell Cyanide Businesses in Canada and U.S.

Evonik Industries says it has agreed to sell its U.S. and Canadian cyanide businesses dedicated to the gold mining industry to private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management (Los Angeles). Financial terms of the deal, including sales and profits, were not disclosed. The transaction is scheduled to close during the fourth quarter. The cyanide business is a part of Evonik’s cyanide CyPlus Group. The deal includes a 50% share in Cyanco (Winnemucca, NJ), a liquid sodium cyanide joint venture with Nevada Chemicals. The transaction also includes two CyPlus...

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