Glencore Chief Quits Rusal After Share Plunge

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  • People walk past Rusal headquarters in Moscow. The company's shares have nosedived in Hong Kong this week. Photo: AFP

    People walk past Rusal headquarters in Moscow. The company's shares have nosedived in Hong Kong this week. Photo: AFP

Swiss mining mammoth Glencore said on Tuesday its chief Ivan Glasenberg had resigned from the board of Russian aluminium giant Rusal after it was hit with US sanctions and saw its share price collapse.

Glencore also said in a statement it was "still evaluating" its contracts with the Russian company, but it announced it would now not be going through with a planned deal with EN+, which owns a controlling stake in Rusal.

"Mr Glasenberg has resigned from his position as a director of Rusal," the statement said.

The decisions came a day after Rusal saw its share price fall over 50 percent Monday on the Hong Kong stock exchange, where it is listed. It fell an additional 8.7 percent on Tuesday.

Glencore also saw its shares dip 3.4 percent on Monday on the London FTSE stock exchange.

The moves came after the United States on Friday announced a slew of sanctions targeting Russian oligarchs close to President Vladimir Putin.

Among the business magnates hit by the punitive measures is Oleg Deripaska, who controls Rusal and EN+.

The sanctions follow a diplomatic crisis sparked by the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal.

Tensions between Russia and the West are also soaring over Moscow's intervention in the Syrian conflict, and over an alleged chemical attack targeting a rebel-held area near Damascus. (AFP)

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