Glencore Scraps Planned Sale of $9 Billion Stake in Russian Oil Company

A sale of the stake to CEFC China Energy Co. would have strengthened energy ties between Moscow and Beijing

Mining giant Glencore PLC and Qatar said they have scrapped plans to sell a roughly $9 billion stake in Russian state oil company PAO Rosneft to a once-high-flying Chinese firm now embroiled in investigations by Beijing.

In a statement late Friday, Glencore and Qatar said they were terminating an agreement, reached in September, to sell most of their roughly one-fifth stake in Rosneft to CEFC China Energy Co. The deal was intended to provide CEFC with just over 14% of Rosneft and would have strengthened energy ties between...