MOLYBDENUM SUPPLY AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.19
CONFIDENTIAL
TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR PORTIONS OF THIS EXHIBIT. THE COPY FILED
HEREWITH OMITS THE INFORMATION SUBJECT TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY REQUEST. OMISSIONS
ARE DESIGNATED AS [****]. A COMPLETE VERSION OF THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN FILED
SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
THIS
MOLYBDENUM SUPPLY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
is
made and entered into as of the 28th day of December, 2007 by and between
General Moly, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“General
Moly”),
and
ArcelorMittal Purchasing SAS, a French corporation (“AMP”),
acting as agent in the name and on the behalf of the companies (the
“Companies”)
listed
in Exhibit
B
hereto
(each Company individually and collectively referred to herein as the
“Buyer”).
Each
of General Moly and Buyer are individually referred to herein as a “Party”
and
together as the “Parties.”
RECITALS
A.
General
Moly leases and intends to operate a mine located in Eureka County, Nevada
(the
“Mount
Hope Mine”)
from
which it intends to produce Technical Grade Molybdenum Oxide (“TMO”),
in
the form of powder and carbon-free briquettes, and Ferro-Molybdenum
(“Ferro
Moly”)
that
meet or exceed the standards on Exhibit
A
(collectively, the “Products”);
and
B.
General
Moly wants to sell to Buyer, and Buyer wants to purchase from General Moly,
Products generated by the Mount Hope Mine upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of
which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound,
agree
as follows:
AGREEMENT
1.
Definitions
and Construction.
1.1 Defined
Terms.
In
addition to the capitalized terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for
purposes of this Agreement:
“Affiliate”
of
any
Person means any other Person directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
Person. A Person will be deemed to control another Person if the controlling
Person is the beneficial owner of greater than 50% of any class of voting
securities (or other voting or equity interests) of the controlled person or
possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction
of
the management or policies of the controlled Person, whether through ownership
of capital stock, by contract or credit arrangement, as trustee or executor,
or
otherwise.
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“Business
Day”
means
a
day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banks are required or
authorized to be closed in the state of New York.
“Commercial
Production Date”
means
the first date on which the
output of Products from operations at the Mount Hope Mine for the three prior
calendar months is equal to or exceeds 25% of the planned production as set
forth in the Mine Plan.
“Competent
Authority”
means
the person or persons so designated by AMP and/or directly by the Companies
in
relation to each Company.
“DDP”
has
the
meaning given to it in the International Chamber of Commerce’s official rules
for the interpretation of trade terms, which rules came into force on January
1,
2000.
“First
Threshold”
means
(a)
for
2008, [****] per pound of molybdenum contained in the Products, and
(b)
for
2009 and thereafter, an amount calculated as follows:
[****]
per pound of molybdenum contained in the Products x
Threshold Adjustment
For
clarification, (i) the First Threshold will only be adjusted [****] within
[****] of the information necessary to calculate the [****] Percentage Increase
becoming [****] available [****], and (ii) to the extent the information
necessary to calculate such adjustment is not available [****], the adjustment
will be calculated when such information becomes available [****].
“Floor
Price”
means
(a)
for
2008, [****] per pound of molybdenum contained in the Products, and
(b)
for
2009 and thereafter, an amount per pound of molybdenum contained in the Products
calculated as follows:
[****]
per pound of molybdenum contained in the Products x
(1 +
[****] Percentage Increase)
For
clarification, (i) the Floor Price will only be adjusted [****] within [****]
of
the information necessary to calculate the [****] Percentage Increase becoming
[****] available [****], (ii) to the extent the information necessary to
calculate such adjustment is not available [****], the adjustment will be
calculated when such information becomes available [****], and (iii) the Floor
Price will be calculated as set forth above regardless of the Market Price
or
any other adjustments to the Product Price (as defined in Section
3).
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“Freight
Savings”
means,
beginning in the seventh month after deliveries of Products commence hereunder,
the difference between the average freight costs per pound for the prior six
months for deliveries of Products to the Delivery Point (as defined in
Section
4.1)
and the
average freight costs per pound for the prior six months for deliveries of
Products to any AMP-directed delivery point in the United States, Canada or
Mexico. For the first six months that deliveries of Product are made hereunder,
“Freight
Savings”
will
have the meaning on which the Parties mutually agree (which determination will
be made prior to June 2010).
“LIBOR”
means
the London Interbank Offered Rate.
“Losses”
means
any claims, losses, liabilities, damages, demands, fines, penalties,
administrative and judicial proceedings and orders, judgments, remedial action,
enforcement actions of any kind, and all reasonable and documented costs and
expenses incurred in connection therewith (including reasonable attorneys’
fees).
“Market
Price”
means
the average of the Xxxxx’x Metals Week published prices for TMO Dealer Oxide
over (a) the period of the month of delivery or (b) the period over the month
prior to the month of delivery, as AMP may determine annually pursuant to
Section
3.3.
In the
event that the basis for the Market Price currently in general use ceases to
exist or ceases to be published, the Parties shall meet promptly with a view
to
agreeing on a new pricing basis and the date for bringing such basis into
effect.
“Mine
Plan”
means
the “Bankable Feasibility Study—Project Definition” dated August 29, 2007
relating to the Mount Hope Mine, a copy of which has been provided to
AMP.
“Person”
means
an individual, limited or general partnership, corporation, trust, limited
liability company, unincorporated organization, association, joint venture
or a
government or agency or political subdivision or instrumentality
thereof.
[****]
Percentage
Increase”
means
[****].
“Second
Threshold”
means
(a)
for
2008, [****] per pound of molybdenum contained in the Products, and
(b)
for
2009 and thereafter, an amount calculated as follows:
[****]
per pound of molybdenum contained in the Products x
Threshold Adjustment
For
clarification, (i) the Second Threshold will only be adjusted [****] within
[****] of the information necessary to calculate the [****] Percentage Increase
becoming [****] available [****] and (ii) the Floor Price.
“Term”
means
the term of this Agreement.
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“Three-Month
LIBOR”
means
the rate for deposits in U.S. Dollars for a period of three months that appears
on Reuters page LIBOR01 (or such other replacement page) as of 11:00 a.m.
London time on the date an applicable invoice is due hereunder. If Three-Month
LIBOR is not available from such source, the Three-Month LIBOR will be based
on
quotations from four major reference banks in the London interbank market for
deposits in U.S. dollars for a period of three months.
“Threshold
Adjustment”
means
an amount calculated as follows:
1
+
(Percentage [****] Increase [****])
“Trigger
Date”
means
the first day of the calendar month following the first calendar month when
which production of Products from the Mount Hope Mine equals or exceeds
1,700,000 pounds per calendar month.
“Working
Capital Benefit”
means
the notional interest value calculated on the dollar amount of all monthly
invoices for deliveries of Products to any AMP-directed delivery point in the
United States, Canada or Mexico (a) for the first six months that deliveries
of
Product are made hereunder, based on an assumed 20 day benefit using the LIBOR
flat interest rate average
for the month prior to the month of invoicing and
(b)
beginning in the seventh month after deliveries of Products commence hereunder,
based on the difference between the actual number of average transit days for
the prior six months for deliveries of Products to any AMP -directed European
plant and the actual number of average transit days for the prior six months
for
deliveries of Products to any AMP -directed delivery point in North
America.
1.2 Construction.
1.2.1 The
words
“include,” “includes,” and “including” will be deemed to be followed by “without
limitation.”
1.2.2 Any
reference to a natural person includes a legal entity and vice
versa.
1.2.3 Any
term
importing the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
1.2.4 Any
reference to a gender includes the other genders.
1.2.5 The
headings in this Agreement have been inserted for convenience only and will
not
be taken into account in its interpretation.
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2. Supply
and Purchase of Product.
2.1 Supply
of Products Prior to Trigger Date.
No
obligations to supply or purchase Products under this Agreement will exist
prior
to the earlier of (a) the Trigger Date and (b) the fourth month after the
Commercial Production Date. If the Trigger Date does not occur within three
months of the Commercial Production Date, then for the period beginning in
the
fourth month from the Commercial Production Date through the Trigger Date,
General Moly agrees to supply and sell to Buyer, and Buyer agrees to
purchase from General Moly, [****] (subject to upward adjustment upon mutual
agreement of the Parties) of any Products owned by General Moly and produced
from the Mount Hope Mine during such period upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2.2 Supply
of Products Following Trigger Date.
After
the Trigger Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this
Agreement, General Moly agrees to supply and sell to Buyer, and
Buyer agrees to purchase from General Moly, the amounts of Products as
follows (each, an “Annual
Amount”):
2.2.1 For
the
first year following the Trigger Date, the amount of Products specified by
Buyer
in a written notice to General Moly delivered at least 30 days after the Trigger
Date, which amount may not be less than 5,850,000 pounds or exceed 7,150,000
pounds. Pending Buyer’s delivery of such notice, and in the event that Buyer
does not timely deliver such notice, the amount of Products for such year will
equal 6,500,000 pounds.
2.2.2 For
years
two through five following the Trigger Date, the amount of Products specified
by
Buyer in a written notice to General Moly delivered at least 60 days prior
to
the end of the previous year, which amount may not be less than 5,850,000 pounds
or exceed 7,150,000 pounds. If Buyer does not timely deliver such notice, the
amount of Products for any such year will equal the Annual Amount for the
previous year.
2.2.3 For
clarification, all references to “pounds” in this Section
2.2
refer to
pounds of molybdenum contained in the Products.
2.3 Delivery
Schedule; Shortfalls.
Deliveries of the Products under this Agreement will be made by General Moly
to
Buyer in more or less equal monthly installments. The Parties will reasonably
cooperate with each other in connection with forecasting, ordering and delivery
schedules and procedures. In the event that General Moly does not deliver the
full installment amount of Products in any given month, Buyer is entitled to
demand that 100% of any such shortfall (the “Shortfall
Amount”)
be
delivered in the following six month(s), provided that (a) such Shortfall Amount
is actually produced from the General Moly portion of the Mount Hope Mine,
(b)
no Shortfall Amount will be delivered if the aggregate amount of Products
delivered in the portion of such year that has passed is equal to or exceeds
the
prorated Annual Amount for such period and (c) any Products from the Mount
Hope
Mine that any third party owns or controls will not be considered available
to
fulfill any Shortfall Amount. In the event of such a shortfall, General Moly
agrees not to sell any Products to any third party without Buyer’s prior written
consent unless and until any properly requested Shortfall Amount has been
delivered. If any Shortfall Amount exceeds 25% of the monthly quantity to be
delivered hereunder (equal to 1/12th
of the
annual declared quantity) for more than two consecutive months, then Buyer
may,
in its sole discretion, extend the term of this Agreement by the number of
consecutive months for which the Shortfall Amount exceeded 25% of such monthly
quantity (the “Shortfall
Period”)
by
delivering written notice of such extension to General Moly within 60 days
after
the end of such Shortfall Period.
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2.4 Take-or-Pay.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Buyer agrees that in the event
that Buyer fails to take delivery of Products made available by General Moly
in
the amounts and on the terms set forth in this Agreement, Buyer will still
be
obligated to pay General Moly with respect to such Products as though Buyer
had
taken delivery pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
2.5 Composition
of Products.
No
later than November 30 of each year during the term of this Agreement, the
Parties will mutually agree on the percentages of TMO and Ferro Moly which
will
comprise the Products to be delivered hereunder for the following calendar
year.
If the Parties are not so able to agree, such composition will revert to 50%
TMO
and 50% Ferro Moly beginning on the first day of such following calendar year.
2.6 Specifications.
The
specifications and technical requirements of the Products to be delivered
hereunder are set forth in Exhibit A
(the
“Specifications”).
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Buyer will not be required
hereunder to purchase any Products which do not comply with the Specifications.
General Moly will, at its expense, supply a certificate confirming that each
shipment of Products complies with the Specifications.
2.7 Use
of
Hall Tonopah Resources for Deficiencies.
If at
any time after the Trigger Date production at the Mount Hope Mine is not
sufficient to fulfill any delivery hereunder, General Moly will, to the extent
commercially reasonable, supply any such deficiency from available Products
complying with the Specifications produced from its Hall Tonopah mine in Xxx
County, Nevada (the “Hall
Tonopah Mine”)
that
General Moly does not otherwise sell to a third party. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing in this Agreement will prohibit General Moly or any of its
affiliates from entering into any supply agreement with respect to Products
produced at the Hall Tonopah Mine.
2.8 Restrictions
on Use; Right of First Repurchase.
All
Products supplied by General Moly to Buyer hereunder are intended for
consumption by Buyer and its Affiliates in their operations. Accordingly, Buyer
agrees not to sell or otherwise transfer such Products to a third party without
General Moly’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed); provided, however, that if Buyer or Buyer’s Affiliates significantly
reduce their operations due to any event (including an Event of Force Majeure)
and, as a result, Buyer determines it is necessary to sell all or a portion
of
such Products it has received pursuant to this Agreement (the “Reoffered
Products”),
Buyer
will notify General Moly in writing. If General Moly notifies Buyer in writing
within three days of delivery of such notice that it desires to repurchase
all
or any portion of the Reoffered Products, Buyer will sell such Reoffered
Products to General Moly at a Product Price determined pursuant to Section
3.
If
General Moly does not notify Buyer within such three-day period of its desire
to
repurchase all of the Reoffered Products, or if General Moly elects to purchase
less than all of the Reoffered Products, Buyer will use commercially reasonable
efforts to sell any such unpurchased portion of the Reoffered Products to a
third party within 60 days at the then-prevailing Market Price, which sale
will
not require further consent of General Moly.
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3. Pricing
and Payment Terms.
The
price payable by Buyer to General Moly for Products supplied by General Moly
to
Buyer pursuant to this Agreement (the “Product
Price”)
will
be equal to the Base Product Price plus
the
Additional Production Price, subject to adjustment as set forth elsewhere in
this Agreement.
3.1 Base
Product Price.
The
base price payable by Buyer to General Moly for Products supplied by General
Moly to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement (the “Base
Product Price”)
will
be as follows:
3.1.1 If
the
Market Price is less than or equal to the Floor Price, the Base Product Price
will be equal to the Floor Price; and
3.1.2 If
the
Market Price exceeds the Floor Price, the Base Product Price will be determined
as follows:
(a) If
the
Market Price is less than or equal to the First Threshold, the Base Product
Price will be calculated as follows:
Floor Price
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[(Market
Price - Floor Price) x [****])]
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(b) If
the
Market Price is more than the First Threshold but less than the Second
Threshold, the Base Product Price will be calculated as follows:
Floor Price
+
[(First Threshold - Floor Price) x [****]]
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+ |
[(Market
Price - First Threshold) x [****])]
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(c) If
the
Market Price exceeds the Second Threshold, the Product Price will be calculated
as follows:
Floor Price
+
[(First Threshold - Floor Price) x [****]]
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+ |
[(Second
Threshold - First Threshold) x [****])]
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+
[(Market Price - Second Threshold) x [****])]
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3.2 Additional
Product Price.
Buyer
will pay an additional amount (the “Additional
Product Price”)
for
Products that are supplied hereunder (as agreed to by the Parties as set forth
herein) in a form other than TMO packaged in bulk super sacks (an “Alternate
Form”)
equal
to the lowest charges that Buyer is being offered by other reputable,
independent producers of products comparable to the Products in the Alternate
Form for the applicable year. The Additional Product Price for any given year
will be determined by the Parties on such basis no later than November 30 of
the
previous year, and Buyer will provide to General Moly any information relating
to such other producer’s proposed charges as General Moly reasonably
requests.
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3.3 Determination
of Market Price.
No
later than November 30 of each year during the term of this Agreement, AMP
will
give written notice to General Moly of the percentage of Product to be delivered
during the following calendar year to which the pricing basis described in
clause (a) of the definition of “Market Price” in Section
1.1
will
apply, and the percentage of Product to be delivered during the following year
to which the pricing basis described in clause (b) of the definition of “Market
Price” in Section
1.1
will
apply, which will aggregate 100%.
4. Deliveries
and Invoices.
4.1 Delivery
Point.
Except
as otherwise set forth herein, all Products will be delivered to the named
place
of destination set out in Exhibit
B
against
the names of the Buyer’s European Companies (the “Delivery
Point”).
The
Product Price calculations provided in this Agreement are on a DDP basis for
delivery by General Moly to the Delivery Point. Title and risk in each shipment
of Products will pass from General Moly to Buyer upon delivery DDP. In the
event
that Buyer notifies General Moly that any shipment of Products should be made
to
a named place of destination in the United States, Canada or Mexico instead
of
the Delivery Point, the Product Price will be reduced for any such delivery
in
an amount equal to [****] of the Freight Savings and Working Capital Benefit.
4.2 Invoices.
Upon
each shipment of Products, General Moly will invoice each Company by sending
an
invoice to the Competent Authority for such Company for the corresponding
Product Price. The amount shown on such invoice will be due and payable by
wire
transfer to an account identified by General Moly within 60 days of the end
of
the month in which the Product is delivered, subject to any Assay Adjustment
as
set forth in Section
4.3.
If
Buyer fails to pay any invoice amount pursuant to this Agreement on or before
the applicable due date, interest on the unpaid amount at a rate per annum
equal
to Three-Month LIBOR plus 1.5% each year will accrue from the applicable due
date until the full invoice amount is paid.
4.3 Assaying
Adjustments.
4.3.1 Buyer
has
the right to appoint a neutral sampler (the “Sampler”),
approved by General Moly (which approval will not be unreasonably withheld
or
delayed), to take samples of the Products at the applicable delivery point.
In
the event that Buyer determines that General Moly has delivered non-conforming
Product which should result in an adjustment to the Product Price (an
“Assay
Adjustment”),
Buyer
will notify General Moly in writing of such determination (along with its
results of analysis of such Product) within 20 days of receipt of such shipment.
The Parties will appoint a mutually agreeable third party to assist in the
resolution of such matter (the “Referee”)
within
30 days of delivery of such notice. If the Parties fail to so appoint the
Referee within such 30-day period, SGS Group (or such other mutually agreeable
third party, in the event that SGS Group or its successor ceases to exist)
will
appoint the Referee at any Party’s request. The Referee will analyze the sample
of such Product taken by the Sampler, whose determination will be final and
binding upon the Parties.
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4.3.2 The
costs
and expenses related to the procedures set forth in this Section
4.3
(including the costs of the Sampler) will be borne by the Party whose results
are furthest from the results of the Sampler. In the event that the results
of
the Sampler are exactly between those of General Moly and the Buyer, each of
General Moly and the Buyer will bear 50% of any such costs and expenses. For
the
purpose of the foregoing, the “results” of General Moly will refer to the assay
results set forth on the related invoice.
4.3.3 In
the
event that the final determination results in an obligation on a Party to pay
additional amounts or to reimburse any sum, such payment or reimbursement will
be settled by credit or debit notes.
4.4 No
Prejudice.
Payment
of an invoice by Buyer does not constitute acceptance of the Products
covered by such invoice and is without prejudice to any and all claims
Buyer may have against General Moly in connection therewith.
Buyer will have the right to accept any portion of any shipment of Products
notwithstanding that it may reject the balance thereof. Acceptance by
Buyer of all or any portion of a shipment of Products will not constitute a
waiver of any claim which Buyer may have regarding the Products.
5. Entry
into Other Supply Agreements.
If,
during the Term, General Moly enters into any other agreement or series of
related agreements (a) pursuant to which General Moly agrees to supply
molybdenum products from the Mount Hope Mine to a third party prior to the
Trigger Date or (b) having a term of one year or more pursuant to which General
Moly agrees to supply molybdenum products from the Mount Hope Mine after the
Trigger Date, and in either case such agreement contemplates a floor price
that
is more than [****] per pound of molybdenum contained in such products lower
than the Floor Price in effect in any month during the Term, then General Moly
will promptly provide Buyer notice thereof together with a copy of such
agreement(s). Within 30 days of delivery of such notice, Buyer may, at its
option, deliver written notice to General Moly of its desire to amend this
Agreement to provide for the same monthly floor price and all other financial
terms and conditions as such new agreement(s), and the Parties agree to
cooperate promptly and in good faith to prepare and execute such amendment.
If
the Parties are unable to do so within 60 days after delivery of Buyer’s notice
of its desire to amend this Agreement, such matter will be resolved pursuant
to
the arbitration procedures set forth in Section
24.
6. Process
Improvement.
Buyer may, at its option and expense, make available Buyer engineers or
others to General Moly for consultation with General Moly to analyze and
evaluate the Product production process and costs for purposes of improving
General Moly’s performance hereunder; provided,
however,
that
General Moly will not be obligated to implement any of Buyer’s recommendations
resulting from this process.
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7. Inspection
of Books and Records.
Upon
Buyer’s request, from time to time, Buyer may, at its expense and upon
reasonable advance notice to General Moly, inspect the books and records of
General Moly during business hours at the location where such books and records
are maintained (or such other location as the Parties may agree) to verify
compliance by General Moly with its obligations hereunder.
8. Term;
Termination.
8.1 Term.
The
initial term of this Agreement will commence on the date hereof and expire
on
the fifth anniversary of the Trigger Date unless sooner terminated in
accordance with this Section 8
or
extended in accordance with Section
2.3.
8.2 Termination.
This
Agreement may be terminated by:
(a)
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either
Party at any time in the event of a material breach of this Agreement
by
the other Party, provided a written termination notice identifying
the
material breach has been sent to the breaching Party and the breach
has
not been cured within 60 days from the date of said notice; provided
that for clarification purposes any breach of Section
2.8
will be considered to be a “material breach” of this
Agreement;
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(b)
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either
Party at any time, by written notice, in the
event:
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(i)
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of
insolvency of the other Party;
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(ii)
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of
the filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy of the other
Party;
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(iii)
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of
the making of an assignment for the benefit of creditors by the other
Party, excluding assignments of accounts
receivable;
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(iv)
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of
the inability of the other Party to pay its debts as they come
due;
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(v)
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the
other Party has a receiver or other custodian of any kind appointed
to
administer any substantial amount of the other Party’s
property;
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(vi)
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of
the filing of an involuntary petition in bankruptcy with respect
to the
other Party;
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(vii)
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any
proceedings for the reorganization of the other Party, or for the
readjustment of any of the other Party’s debts, under any laws, now or
hereafter existing, for the relief of insolvent debtors, will be
commenced
by or against the other Party; or
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(viii)
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of
the discontinuation by the other Party of its business;
or
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(c)
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by
Buyer, by written notice, in the event that after the Trigger Date,
General Moly fails to meet the delivery requirements of Products
set forth
in Section 2
for a period of three consecutive
months.
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8.3 Effect
of Termination.
Unless
notified otherwise by Buyer, upon a termination of this Agreement, General
Moly
will fill all outstanding obligations to supply the Products in accordance
with
the terms of this Agreement. Buyer will accept and pay for all conforming
Products delivered in accordance herewith. Termination will be without prejudice
to the rights and obligations of the Parties which have accrued prior to the
effective date of termination. Sections 4,
9
and
10-27
will
survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
9. Indemnification.
9.1 Procedure.
If
Buyer claims that any of the Products fail to conform with the Specifications
or
fail to be in compliance with all applicable laws (excluding claims relating
to
Assay Adjustments which will be resolved in accordance with Section 4.3),
Buyer will notify General Moly of its claim (“Claim”),
and
provide General Moly with all relevant documentation of the Claim, no later
than
30 days after the date of delivery of such Products to Buyer. Upon receipt
of a Claim, General Moly will have the right to inspect such Products and all
evidence of the Claim, and General Moly and Buyer will attempt to reach an
agreement as to whether the Claim is valid.
9.2 Remedies.
If it
is determined by the Parties that the Claim is valid, General Moly will elect
one of the following actions to remedy the failure, and will deliver notice
thereof to Buyer 30 days prior to taking any such action:
(a)
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delivering
to Buyer conforming Products to replace the nonconforming
Products;
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(b)
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refunding
to Buyer the purchase price paid by Buyer with respect to the
nonconforming Products in return provided that General Moly will
have the
option to take possession of the nonconforming Products; or
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(c)
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applying
a credit to the next purchase to be made by Buyer hereunder.
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If,
upon
receipt of notice of the intent to take one of the actions above, Buyer instead
desires General Moly to take another action listed above to remedy the failure,
Buyer will deliver notice of such desire to General Moly. If upon delivery
of
such notice the Parties do not agree on the action to be taken, such matter
will
be resolved pursuant to the arbitration procedures set forth in Section
24.
The
removal and replacement of nonconforming Products will be at General Moly’s sole
expense (including all costs of transportation, duties, taxes and insurance),
and General Moly will reimburse Buyer for all costs (including all costs
incurred with respect to transportation, duties, taxes and insurance) incurred
by Buyer in connection with the replacement of nonconforming
Products.
If
the
Parties cannot agree on the validity of a Claim, such matter will be considered
a Dispute and will be resolved pursuant to the arbitration procedures set forth
in Section
24.
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9.3 Limitations.
TO THE
MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, GENERAL
MOLY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, AND MAKES NO OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF
ANY TYPE, WHETHER OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE
OR
OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCTS.
9.4 Indemnification
by General Moly.
General
Moly will at all times defend, indemnify, protect and hold harmless Buyer and
its affiliates and their directors, officers, agents, employees, participants
and assigns, from and against any and all Losses arising in whole or in part
out
of the willful misconduct and/or negligent performance of any obligations of
General Moly under this Agreement; provided
however,
that
General Moly will not be required to indemnify any indemnified Person for any
Losses to the extent resulting from the misconduct or negligence of such
indemnified Person.
9.5 Indemnification
by Buyer.
If at
any time Buyer chooses to exercise its rights under Section
6
or
7,
Buyer
waives and releases all claims against any General Moly and its Affiliates,
and
its and their directors, officers, employees, and agents, to the extent
permitted by law, for injury to, or death of, persons or for damage to property
arising in any way from the conduct of such activities or the conduct of its
employees, agents, or contractors in connection with such activities. Buyer
will
at all times defend, indemnify, protect and hold harmless General Moly and
its
affiliates and their directors, officers, agents, employees, participants and
assigns, from and against any and all Losses whatsoever arising in whole or
in
part out of the exercises of such activities;
provided however,
that
Buyer will not be required to indemnify any indemnified Person for any Losses
to
the extent resulting from the misconduct or negligence of such indemnified
Person.
10. Force
Majeure.
Neither
Party will be liable to the other Party for default or delay in the performance
of its obligations hereunder when and to the extent that such default or delay
is caused by order, injunction or stay entered by any court with valid
jurisdiction, war, civil commotion, strike, labor dispute, work stoppage or
slowdown, storm, earthquake, explosion, insurrection, epidemic or quarantine
restriction, fire, flood, act of God, the inability to maintain in full force
and effect all permits required to carry out the Mine Plan due to intervention
of government or any other similar contingency beyond the reasonable control
of
the Parties (the occurrence of any of the foregoing will be an “Event
of Force Majeure”);
provided, however, that no Event of Force Majeure will have occurred in the
event of a strike, labor dispute, work stoppage or slowdown initiated by, or
involving only, workers or employees within General Moly’s organization. The
occurrence of an Event of Force Majeure will not terminate this Agreement,
absent the written consent of the Parties otherwise; provided,
however,
that
Buyer may, at its option, terminate this Agreement if an Event of Force
Majeure prevents, or Buyer reasonably anticipates that it will prevent,
General Moly from meeting its obligations in whole or in substantial part under
this Agreement for more than three consecutive months during the Term. Both
General Moly and Buyer will use their commercially reasonable best efforts
to avoid the occurrence and remove the causes of an Event of Force Majeure
and
to continue performance of their respective obligations hereunder promptly
following the removal of such causes. If an Event of Force Majeure prevents
a
Party from meeting its obligations hereunder in part, but not in whole, the
Parties will use their commercially reasonable best efforts to equitably adjust
the Parties’ respective obligations hereunder consistent with and in furtherance
of the purposes hereof. Should General Moly invoke force majeure conditions,
the
Buyer will be entitled to obtain from alternative sources such Products as
it
reasonably requires during the period that Events of Force Majeure subsist,
and
the quantities Products obtained under such conditions will be deducted from
the
amount of Products Buyer is required to purchase hereunder.
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11. Confidentiality.
11.1 During
the Term, each of Buyer and General Moly will be in a position to receive
certain of each other’s confidential, privileged and proprietary information
(“Confidential
Information”);
provided that Confidential Information excludes any information:
(a)
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which
is or becomes available to the public through no act, omission or
fault
of, and absent any breach of a covenant or obligation hereunder by,
the
Party whose obligation it is to keep such information
confidential;
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(b)
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which
the Party whose obligation it is to keep such information confidential
may
have received lawfully from any third Party without restrictions
as to
disclosure thereof and without breach of this Agreement;
or
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(c)
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which
was developed by the Party whose obligation it is to keep such information
confidential without (as established by documentation or by other
appropriate evidence) the use of the other Party’s Confidential
Information or any breach of this Agreement or any other agreement.
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General
Moly agrees that the Confidential Information of Buyer, and Buyer agrees that
the Confidential Information of General Moly, is an integral and key part of
the
assets of each respective entity and that the unauthorized use or disclosure
of
the other Party’s Confidential Information would seriously damage the owner
thereof in its business. As a consequence of the above, General Moly and
Buyer hereby agree that, during the Term and thereafter:
11.1.1 During
the term of this Agreement and until the fifth anniversary of the
expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement, neither of General Moly
and
Buyer will, directly or indirectly:
(a)
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use
any of the other Party’s Confidential Information, except as may be
necessary to perform its obligations hereunder;
or
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(b)
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disclose,
furnish or make accessible, or cause any Person to disclose, furnish
or
make accessible, any aspect of the other Party’s Confidential Information
to any Person (other than the other
Party),
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except,
in either case (a) or (b), as set forth in Section
11.1.2
or as
may be expressly authorized by the other Party in writing or as required by
law
or pursuant to a court order; provided,
however,
that
prior to any compelled disclosure, the Party whose obligation it is to keep
such
information confidential will have given the other Party notice of the
circumstances relating to such compelled disclosure and an opportunity to seek
an appropriate protective order with respect thereto.
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11.1.2 Except
as
required by law or pursuant to a court order, each of General Moly and Buyer
will:
(a)
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use
no less than the care a reasonably prudent Person would use in
safeguarding his, her or its Confidential
Information;
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(b)
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limit
access to the other Party’s Confidential Information to its employees and
representatives who require access to such Confidential Information
for
the purposes of performing its obligations hereunder and who have
agreed
to be bound by the terms of this Section 11;
and
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refrain
from any action or conduct which might reasonably or foreseeably
be
expected to compromise the confidential, privileged or proprietary
nature
of the other Party’s Confidential Information.
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11.1.3 Each
of
General Moly and Buyer will comply with reasonable requests made by the
other from time to time regarding the protection of the confidential, privileged
and proprietary nature of the other Party’s Confidential Information. Upon the
written request of either Party, the other Party will promptly return to the
requesting Party all of the requesting Party’s Confidential Information,
including any and all copies and summaries thereof, in each case in any format
(whether written, electronic or otherwise).
11.1.4 For
purposes of this Section 11,
the
term “General Moly” will include all Affiliates of General Moly, and the term
“Buyer” will include all Affiliates of Buyer. Nothing in this Section 11
will
operate to prevent a Party from disclosing such information as is required
by
applicable law or the rules or policies of any securities exchange on which
a
Party’s securities may be listed.
12. Waiver.
The
failure of any Party to enforce at any time any of the provisions of this
Agreement will in no way be construed to constitute a waiver of any such
provision nor in any way to affect the validity of this Agreement or any part
hereof, including the right of any Party thereafter to enforce each and every
provision. The waiver by any Party of any breach or violation of any provision
of this Agreement by the other Party will not operate or be construed to be
a
waiver of any subsequent breach or violation thereof.
13. Governing
Law.
This
Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to any of the provisions thereof that would require the application
of
the substantive laws of any other jurisdiction.
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14. Notices.
All
notices and other communications hereunder will be effective if in writing
and
delivered (a) in person (which will be deemed to be received upon receipt),
(b)
by overnight courier (which will be deemed to be received one Business Day
thereafter), (c) by facsimile transmission (which will be deemed to be received
upon receipt) or (d) mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested (which will be deemed to be received three business days thereafter),
as follows (or at such other address for a Party as will be specified by like
notice):
If
to
General Moly:
0000
Xxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
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Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
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Attention:
Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
With
a
copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxxxxxxx
& Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
LLP
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000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
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Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
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Attention: Xxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
If
to
Buyer:
ArcelorMittal
Purchasing
SAS
0
xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx-Xxxxx
00000
Xxxxxx
Attention:
General
Manager Stainless Steel Raw Materials
Facsimile:
33 1
7192 0996
All
such
notices and other communications will be effective when received.
15. Interpretation.
The
Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this
Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises,
this
Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no
presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any Party
because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
16. Assignment.
This
Agreement will be binding upon, enure to the benefit of and be enforceable
by
the respective successors and permitted assigns of the Parties. This Agreement
may not be assigned or otherwise transferred by Buyer or General Moly
without the prior written consent of the other Party; provided
that
Buyer may, without the consent of General Moly, assign its rights and
obligations under this Agreement to an Affiliate of Buyer. Buyer hereby
acknowledges that any proposed assignment by Buyer to any other Party, by
operation of law or otherwise, is subject to General Moly’s consent, which will
be in General Moly’s sole discretion and may be conditioned upon amendment to
the payment terms set forth herein.
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17. Relationship
of the Parties.
It is
understood that each Party is conducting business as a separate and distinct
legal entity. Under no circumstances will either Party, its agents and/or
employees be considered agents, partners, representatives or employees of the
other Party. Neither Party will have the right to act as the legal
representative of the other Party or to bind such other Party in any respect
whatsoever or to incur any debts or liability in the name of or on behalf of
such other Party. This Agreement creates no relationships of joint venturers,
partners, associates or principal and agent between the Parties.
18.
Severability.
The
provisions of this Agreement will be deemed severable and the invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision will not affect the validity or enforceability
of the other provisions hereof; provided
that if
any provision of this Agreement, as applied to any Party or to any circumstance,
is adjudged by a governmental body, arbitrator, or mediator not to be
enforceable in accordance with its terms, the Parties agree that the
governmental body, arbitrator, or mediator making such determination will have
the power to modify the provision in a manner consistent with its objectives
such that it is enforceable, and/or to delete specific words or phrases, and
in
its reduced form, such provision will then be enforceable and will be
enforced.
19. Taxes
and Expenses. Except
as
expressly provided herein, each Party will be responsible for payment of all
taxes, if any, imposed upon it by applicable law in connection with this
Agreement; provided, that with respect to any new or increased taxes that come
into effect due to changes in law after the date of this Agreement, General
Moly
will only be responsible for the portion of such taxes that are commonly borne
by suppliers of Products in the industry. Each Party will pay all of its own
administrative expenses, including the fees and expenses of its counsel and
other agents and representatives, incurred in connection with the preparation,
execution and performance of this Agreement.
20. Currency.
All
references to dollars or amounts of money in this Agreement will be in United
States Dollars.
21. Counterparts;
Facsimile Signatures.
This
Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, and each such counterpart will
be
deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together will
constitute but one agreement. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile
signatures.
22. Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement, including the attached Exhibits which are hereby incorporated herein
by this reference, constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the
Parties in respect of its subject matter and supersedes all prior
understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the Parties, written
or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof,
including that certain Non-Binding Letter of Intent between the Parties dated
November 19, 2007.
23. Amendment.
No
amendment, modification or addition to this Agreement will be effective unless
it is in writing and executed by both Parties.
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24. Arbitration.
24.1 Good
Faith Negotiation.
In the
event of any dispute, claim or controversy (except with respect to assaying
issues as set forth in Section 4.3)
(a
“Dispute”)
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, a Party may deliver written
notice to the other Party of such Dispute requesting to resolve such Dispute
pursuant to this Agreement. Upon delivery of such notice, members of senior
management of each Party will meet as promptly as practicable in a good faith
attempt to resolve such Dispute.
24.2 Binding
Arbitration.
24.2.1 If
a
Dispute is not resolved pursuant to Section
24.1
by the
Parties within 30 days of the delivery of written notice thereof (or such
longer period as the Parties may mutually agree), either Party may make a
written demand for binding arbitration in accordance with this Section
24.2.
The
Dispute will then be submitted to and resolved by binding arbitration in
accordance with the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of
Commerce by an Arbitral Tribunal appointed in accordance with such Rules. The
arbitration will be conducted in New York, New York. The Arbitral Tribunal
shall
comprise three arbitrators. Each of General Moly and Buyer will appoint one
arbitrator. The two arbitrators so appointed will together appoint the third
arbitrator. If the Buyer or General Moly fail to choose an arbitrator within
14
days after receiving notice of commencement of arbitration, or if the two
arbitrators fail to choose a third arbitrator within 14 days after their
appointment, the Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce
shall upon the request of the Buyer or General Moly appoint the arbitrator(s)
to
complete the Arbitral Tribunal. The arbitration will be governed in accordance
with (i) the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) the governing law as
specified in Section 16,
except
to the extent such law conflicts with the provisions of this Agreement, in
which
event the provisions of this Agreement will prevail.
24.2.2 The
arbitration shall be conducted in English, and all documents delivered or
produced pursuant to the arbitration shall be in English. The Parties will
provide to the arbitrators all information pertaining to the dispute that the
arbitrators may request, provided that all information supplied by any Party
will be deemed to be confidential, and the arbitrators and other participants
in
the dispute will protect such information from disclosure to the same extent
as
provided in Section 12.
24.2.3 The
arbitrators will be instructed to render a decision within 60 days after
selection and will be required to state in writing the reasoning on which the
decision and any award rests. The arbitrators will have the power to award
counsel fees and expenses, as well as dispute resolution costs (including any
fee for the arbitrators), to the prevailing Party. Judgment upon the award
rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction or application may
be
made to such court for a judicial acceptance of the award and an order of
enforcement, as the case may be. The arbitrators will not award any
consequential, incidental, indirect, special, punitive or exemplary damages
hereunder or in connection herewith. The arbitration award shall be final and
binding upon the Parties to such arbitration and may be enforced in any court
having jurisdiction.
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24.2.4 The
performance of this Agreement shall not be suspended, cease or be delayed by
the
reference of a Dispute to arbitration.
24.3 Limitations.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section
24,
all
disputes regarding Assay Adjustments will be resolved in accordance with
Section 4.3.
In
addition, nothing contained in this Section
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will
prohibit or limit any Party from seeking and obtaining equitable relief
(including temporary restraining orders and preliminary and permanent
injunctions or stays) to which it would otherwise be entitled from a court
of
competent jurisdiction.
25. Limitation
of Liability.
UNDER
NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL GENERAL MOLY OR BUYER BE LIABLE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL,
INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES HEREUNDER OR IN
CONNECTION HEREWITH.
26. Third
Party Beneficiaries.
Except
as expressly contemplated by Sections
9.4
and
9.5,
there
are no third party beneficiaries having rights under or with respect to this
Agreement.
27. Remedies
Cumulative.
All
remedies available to the Parties for breach of this Agreement are cumulative
and may be exercised concurrently or separately, and the exercise of any one
remedy shall not be deemed an election of such remedy to the exclusion of other
remedies.
28. Safety,
Health and the Environment.
28.1 Safety
at
work, in particular safety of the Parties and their personnel and those of
their
visitors, is a priority for the Parties. Each Party fully endorses these
policies and adopts them as its own, in so far as they relate to the performance
of its obligations under this Agreement.
28.2 Each
Party’s staff shall comply with the relevant safety rules of applicable law,
including those related to protective clothing and safety equipment and any
local rules applicable to the plants.
28.3 Each
Party reserves the right to refuse access to any of its facilities to any of
the
other Party’s staff or those of its sub-contractors and suppliers for failure to
comply with safety, health and environmental rules.
28.4 General
Moly shall not bring any radioactive, materials or equipment onto General Moly’s
premises (but accepts no liability in relation to risk of such contamination
by
third parties, the transporter, or other causes beyond its reasonable
control).
28.5 Without
prejudice to the generality of its obligations under this clause, each Party
shall use all practicable and reasonable means to:
28.5.1 prevent
or counteract the unlawful emission of any hazardous and/or radioactive
substance from the Products loaded hereunder;
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28.5.2 avoid
the
unlawful discharge from the Products as loaded hereunder into any drains or
other conducting media of any hazardous and/or radioactive
substance;
28.5.3 prevent
the unlawful generation, accumulation or migration of any hazardous and/or
radioactive substance from the Products loaded hereunder; and
28.5.4 prevent
any environmental claims arising, or any circumstances arising likely to result
in any environmental claims, resulting from or caused by the condition of
Products as loaded hereunder,
in
so far
as such hazardous and/or radioactive substance is, or should be, under the
control of such Party pursuant to this Agreement.
29. Fraud.
Each
Party shall take all necessary steps, in accordance with good industry practice,
to prevent any fraudulent activity by such Party (including its employees)
in
connection with invoicing or payment pursuant to this Agreement. Each Party
shall notify the other immediately if it has discovered that any such fraud
has
occurred or is occurring.
30. Corruption.
No
Party has offered or given, or agreed to give, to any employee, servant or
representative of the other Party any personal gift, commission or other
consideration of any kind as an inducement or reward for doing, refraining
from
doing, or for having done or refrained from doing, any act in relation to the
obtaining or execution or performance of this Agreement.
[Signature
page follows]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Buyer and General Moly have duly executed this Agreement
as of the date first above written.
GENERAL MOLY, INC. | ||
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Title:
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ARCELORMITTAL PURCHASING SAS | ||
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Exhibit
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Specifications
SPECIFICATION
FERRO-MOLYBDENUM
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