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Russia may buy aluminium for state stocks to support Rusal

28th August 2018

By: Reuters

  

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NOVOSIBIRSK – Russia has a plan to support world No.2 aluminium producer Rusal against US sanctions put in place in April, including by purchasing the metal for state stocks, Industry Minister Denis Manturov told reporters on Tuesday.

The US Treasury Department placed Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska and Rusal, which he controls, on a blacklist that month, freezing the bulk of the company's exports, paralysing its supply chain and scaring off many customers.

The sanctions caused major disruptions to global aluminium markets, although Rusal's international customers were given until October 23 to wind down business with the company.

En+ Group, Deripaska's holding company, is also under sanctions.

Industry sources told Reuters in June that Rusal will take a major hit if sanctions are not lifted by late August. In July, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the United States was in productive talks with Rusal to remove it from the list.

Manturov, speaking to reporters in the town of Novosibirsk in Siberia, said on Tuesday that Moscow had a back-up plan if sanctions against Rusal persist.

"There might be (aluminium purchases for the state stocks) but for now, there is no such need," he said, providing no other details.

Deripaska controls 66% of En+ Group, which in turn controls 48% of Rusal. He has already accepted that he may have to cede control of En+, if both En+ and Rusal are to survive, a source familiar with the matter said in May.

Edited by Reuters

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