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  1. April 15, 2025

    Talc Claimants Say It's Time To End Barretts' Ch. 11

    Talc injury claimants on Tuesday continued to press a Texas bankruptcy judge to dismiss Barretts Minerals Inc.'s Chapter 11 case, while the judge said he was concerned the company had not yet put a value on claims its parent company failed to properly test for asbestos in its talc.

  2. April 14, 2025

    Judge Says Barretts Needs Independence To Resolve Ch. 11

    A Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday said he would have to consider ways to increase Barretts Minerals Inc.'s perceived independence from its parent company if he agrees to allow the talc miner to stay in Chapter 11.

  3. March 27, 2025

    Barretts Mediator Feinberg Blames Committee For Impasse

    The mediator in the bankruptcy of talc miner Barretts Minerals Inc. has told a Texas bankruptcy court that Chapter 11 plan talks reached an impasse, saying the unsecured creditors in the case have not shown an "ability or willingness to engage."

  4. March 25, 2025

    Barretts Says Talc Injury Claims Belong To Ch. 11 Estate

    Talc miner Barretts Minerals Inc. sought a Texas bankruptcy court's determination that talc injury claims based on inadequate asbestos testing are property of the estate in its Chapter 11 case, saying the question is a crucial hurdle as the company mediates a potential settlement with its affiliates, unsecured creditors and the future claims representative.

  5. June 26, 2024

    Talc Co. Barretts' Creditors Push To Dismiss Ch. 11 Case

    Unsecured creditors of Barretts Minerals have urged a Texas bankruptcy judge to dismiss its bankruptcy following the debtor's sale of its talc business, arguing that Barretts remains in bankruptcy only to get its fully solvent parent company out of its talc liability.

  6. May 21, 2024

    Talc Biz Barretts Gets New $30M DIP Loan From Parent Co.

    Barretts Minerals, a company that mines talc, received a Texas bankruptcy court's approval Tuesday to tap $30 million in emergency debtor-in-possession financing from a subsidiary of its nondebtor parent company, after an asset sale generated less money than expected.

  7. March 14, 2024

    PE Firm Riverspan Agrees To Pay $32M For Barretts' Assets

    Barretts Minerals Inc. told a Texas bankruptcy court Thursday that a unit of private equity firm Riverspan Partners had won an auction for its assets with a $32 million cash offer, money that the talc-mining company intends to use to fund a settlement trust for alleged victims of asbestos exposure. 

  8. March 04, 2024

    Barretts' Mediation Docs Not Open To Pfizer, Judge Says

    A Texas bankruptcy judge declined Monday to open the mediation in Barretts Minerals Inc.'s bankruptcy case to former owner Pfizer Inc., saying that he didn't want mediation participants to worry about every conversation they have.

  9. January 05, 2024

    Barretts Minerals To Mediate Ch. 11 Talc Liability

    Bankrupt talc miner Barretts Minerals Inc. struck an agreement with its unsecured creditors and the representative for future talc injury claimants to mediate issues surrounding its liability and reach a global resolution of its ongoing Chapter 11 case.

  10. December 08, 2023

    Bankrupt Barretts Can't Block Talc Suits Against Testing Co.

    A Texas bankruptcy judge on Friday declined to apply an injunction temporarily protecting Barretts Minerals units from talc-related lawsuits to a parent company that tested the talc for asbestos, after voicing concerns about the debtor's potential efforts to improperly protect parent entities that aren't part of the bankruptcy case.