SYDNEY, April 12 (Reuters) - Debt-laden Australian steel maker Arrium Ltd ARI.AX will get a new administrator after the company's major lenders and workers union filed an application in a federal court seeking to have Grant Thornton replaced.
The application seeks to appoint KordaMentha as replacement voluntary administrators of Arrium and 93 of its Australian subsidiaries. Grant Thornton said in a statement that it supported the application.
The decision comes a week ahead of the first creditors' meeting. Arrium went into administration last week with debts exceeding A$2.8 billion ($2.14 billion). ($1 = 1.3055 Australian dollars)