Rio Tinto will declare force major on several contracts with aluminum producer RUSAL due to the inclusion of the Russian company in the U.S. blacklist, Rio Tinto said in a statement. On April 6 the U.S. imposed sanctions against 38 Russian tycoons, officials and companies, including RUSAL. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska, President and core beneficiary of troubled aluminum giant UC RUSAL, has declined to be nominated to the board of directors of another metals giant Norilsk Nickel, a spokesperson for the company reported on April 12. “Oleg Deripaska has declined to be nominated to the board of directors of Norilsk Nickel, we…
The Russian government does not plan to acquire a stake in the sanction-hit aluminum giant UC RUSAL, but will support facilities of the company so that they don’t stop working, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov declared on April 11. On April 6 the U.S. imposed sanctions against 38 Russian tycoons, officials and companies, including tycoon Oleg…
Rusal has implied an emergency plan and asks its customers to pay in euros, not dollars, thus trying to avoid US sanctions. “The company has started a protection plan, just like Iran”, a source reported. Some years ago Iran used gold, oil and Japanese yen to pay for goods. Several Rusal clients have already started…
Independent non-executive director of aluminum producer RUSAL Philip Lader has quit the board of directors due to the U.S. sanctions against the company, RUSAL said in a statement on the website of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on April 10. Earlier another member of the board of directors Ivan Glasenberg resigned. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
Index provider FTSE Russell will remove stocks of the Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL and En+ Group from its indices from April 13 due to the companies being blacklisted by the U.S., it said in a statement on April 11. The London Metal Exchange (LME) said it would suspend trading in RUSAL’s metals from April…
Swiss commodity trader Glencore has dropped an idea to convert its stake in Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL into global depositary receipts (GDRs) of En+ Group because of the new U.S. sanctions, it said in a statement on April 10. “Glencore has previously signed a non-binding term sheet with En+ regarding swapping its shares in…
Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL may default on some loan liabilities because of the new sanctions imposed by the U.S., the company said in a statement released on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on April 9. On April 6 the U.S. imposed sanctions against a total of 38 Russian tycoons, officials and companies, including Oleg…