Update on Unity Aluminum in KY (formerly Braidy Industries) that did a deal w/Oleg Deripaska's Rusal & received $15 million from the state of KY

After missing many financing/production goals a KY senator is pushing for Unity to repay $15mil, HT D. Delany

courier-journal.com/story/news/pol…
In March there was a report that Deripaska’s Rusal had suspended investments in Unity Aluminum in Kentucky after investing $65 million of projected $200 million

This is a strange deal Unity Aluminum did in 2020 HT D. Delany

In 2018 then-Braidy Industries acquired Veloxint for $29 million and invested another $21mil in them

In 2020 Unity Aluminum sold Veloxint to hedge fund Clearbrook Global for approx $1 mil🤔

dailyindependent.com/news/buyer-con…
Clearbrook created a fund headed by John T. Preston an ex director of Braidy

Preston had prior successes but also had past litigations including swindling a Swiss heiress and playing a part in 1990s start-up that had allegations of civil securities fraud
dailyindependent.com/news/buyer-con…

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opencorporates.com/companies/cz/0…
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