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Middle East conflict sparks aluminium shortage, threatening Asia's green energy goals

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The conflict in the Middle East is creating a shortage of aluminium, a critical component for renewable energy technologies like solar panels and wind turbines. Iranian attacks on major aluminium production facilities in the Gulf region have significantly reduced output, leading to a surge in global aluminium prices. This supply crunch threatens to undermine Asia's efforts to expand its clean energy infrastructure, despite increasing demand driven by high fossil fuel costs. AI

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Middle East conflict sparks aluminium shortage, threatening Asia's green energy goals

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Biman Mukherji ·

    Aluminium supply crunch threatens Asia’s clean energy push amid Iran war

    Asia’s clean energy push is facing heightened supply-chain risk as the Middle East conflict disrupts aluminium and nickel production and could raise costs for solar panels, wind turbines and grid upgrades. Countries such as Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines have installed mo…

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