Liberty House Group

Liberty House Group Ltd (also referred to as Liberty House or Liberty House UK) is a British industrial and metals company founded in the United Kingdom in 1992 by industrialist Sanjeev Gupta. It is headquartered in Mayfair, London[2] and has global hubs in Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong. The company focuses on ferrous and non-ferrous metal trading, metals recycling, steel and aluminium production, and engineering products and services.[3]

Liberty House Group Ltd
Founded1992 (1992)
FounderSanjeev Gupta
Headquarters
London
,
England, UK
Key people
Jon Bolton (Chief Executive)
ProductsSteel
aluminium
scrap metal
engineering
Number of employees
4,500 (2017)[1]
Websitewww.libertyhousegroup.com

The company, together with the SIMEC Group, part of the GFG Alliance, purchased the Lochaber aluminium smelter plant from Rio Tinto Group in November 2016.[4]

In February 2017, the company agreed to purchase the speciality steel division of Tata Steel Europe for £100 million. The purchase included the division's facilities in Rotherham, Stocksbridge and Brinsworth in South Yorkshire and Wednesbury in the West Midlands.[5] In July 2017, Liberty purchased South Australian steelmaker Arrium[6] which was rebadged "LibertyOneSteel" for the first year of ownership and is now Liberty Steel.[7] In 2020, Liberty House received European Union approval to purchase the Duffel, Belgium plant of Aleris Inc which cleared the way for the purchase of Aleris by Novelis Inc.[8]

See history of Liberty House Group since 1992.

References
  1. Monaghan, Angela (2 May 2017). "Tata deal with Liberty House saves 1,700 UK steel jobs". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  2. "Company Overview of Liberty House Ltd". Bloomberg. Bloomberg. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  3. "Liberty House - A global industrial and metals group". www.libertyhousegroup.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  4. Tovey, Alan (23 November 2016). "Rio Tinto to sell Scottish aluminium smelter to Liberty for £330m". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  5. "Tata sells speciality steel to Liberty House for £100m". Financial Times. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  6. Whyalla steelmaker Arrium to be sold to British company Liberty House ABC News 5 July 2017
  7. Paul, Chrystan (21 March 2018). "Why Sanjeev Gupta May Just Be The World's Most Ambitious Industrialist". Forbes.
  8. "Novelis closes on Aleris purchase". Argus Media. 14 April 2020.
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