Cape of Good Hope, from above

• United Arab Emirates
  Oct 1, 2026Cement prices in the UAE have outrun the forecast for building costsConstruction materials
• China
  Oct 1, 2026China stopped shipping two rare earth metals to Japan but kept exporting magnets worldwideGeopolitics
• Hormuz
  Sep 24, 2026Iran offers to reopen Hormuz, but Trump points to a post-midterm dealGeopolitics
• China
  Sep 24, 2026China builds Antelope Reef into an island big enough for a runwayGeopolitics
• United Kingdom
  Sep 24, 2026Britain and the EU pursue Russia's A7 network as its token fadesGeopolitics
• Russia
  Sep 24, 2026Russia's fuel exports nearly stop after Ukraine intensifies refinery strikesEnergy
• China
  Sep 24, 2026China's factories speed up while home shoppers stall, widening a demand gapManufacturing
• China
  Sep 16, 2026AXT plans Beijing indium-phosphide wafer expansion while U.S. approvals remain unresolvedSemiconductors
• China
  Aug 28, 2026China’s transformer shipments outpaced all published U.S. grid-capacity projectionsGrid equipment
• Panama
  Aug 23, 2026Panama Canal auction bids now shape shipping costs more than tollsShipping
• Arctic
  Aug 23, 2026A Chinese carrier opened a weekly Arctic lane that skips Suez entirelyContainer shipping
• Russia
  Aug 23, 2026Russia is importing fuel while its old customers queue at Iran's doorEnergy
• Iran
  Aug 23, 2026Iran supplies fuel to Central Asia as Russia starts importing from abroadEnergy
• Arctic
  Aug 23, 2026Sea Legend starts weekly Arctic container line as Suez traffic rebounds and shippers returnContainer shipping
• China
  Aug 23, 2026China bans sulphuric acid exports, halting copper production in Chile and CongoCopper
• Russia
  Aug 23, 2026Europe banned Russian LNG for 2027 and bought a record amount this yearEnergy
• Hormuz
  Aug 23, 2026Tankers hesitate despite open Strait of Hormuz as war insurance drives decisions in LondonEnergy shipping
• China
  Aug 23, 2026China voices support for Iranian oil as its own ships turn awayEnergy shipping
• China
  Aug 23, 2026Chinese refiners lose access to Iranian crude as prices surgeEnergy
• Hormuz
  Aug 22, 2026Tanker war-risk insurance in Hormuz raised to five percent per crossingShipping insurance
• United States
  Aug 22, 2026US blockade squeezes Iranian oil exports but Chinese imports keep global demand firmEnergy
• United States
  Aug 22, 2026Washington and allies blockaded Iranian crude before new sanctions announcementEnergy
• Somalia
  Aug 22, 2026Somali pirates hijack US-sanctioned tanker Seamull off Gulf of AdenShipping
• Hormuz
  Aug 22, 2026Tanker rates surge in Hormuz as Iran and US block trafficShipping

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