Vedanta Resources Ltd., the Indian mining conglomerate of billionaire Anil Agarwal that was targeted in a short-seller’s report, has lost the top executive of its base-metals business, according to people familiar with the matter.

Chris Griffith, who joined Vedanta in 2023, has left the mining firm in recent days, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. Aside from being in charge of some of its key assets like zinc mines in South Africa and neighboring Namibia, he was also the president of the firm’s international business. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the firm had appointed his replacement.