{"id":19935,"date":"2026-08-27T22:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T22:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/?p=19935"},"modified":"2026-08-28T22:52:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T22:52:31","slug":"middle-east-disruption-continues-to-reshape-metals-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/27\/middle-east-disruption-continues-to-reshape-metals-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East | Disruption Continues to Reshape Metals Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marblesachanas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/marble_middle_east.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:210px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">Shipping constraints, sanctions and policy changes continued to disrupt commodity flows across the Middle East. The UAE\u2019s indefinite suspension of trade with Iran increased uncertainty for regional steel routes that traditionally rely on Jebel Ali. Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea restrictions kept freight and insurance costs elevated. Aluminium, steel, ferro-alloys and raw-material markets all faced uneven availability, while buyers remained cautious about committing to seaborne cargoes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/METAREX-NEWS-AGENTS-LOGO1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18968\" style=\"width:140px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/METAREX-NEWS-AGENTS-LOGO1.jpg 567w, https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/METAREX-NEWS-AGENTS-LOGO1-400x133.jpg 400w, https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/METAREX-NEWS-AGENTS-LOGO1-430x143.jpg 430w, https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/METAREX-NEWS-AGENTS-LOGO1-150x50.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shipping constraints, sanctions and policy changes continued to disrupt commodity flows across the Middle East. The UAE\u2019s indefinite suspension of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,82,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iron","category-general","category-non-ferrous"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Author","author_link":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/author\/ghazizadeh\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/category\/iron\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ferrious<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/category\/general\/\" rel=\"category tag\">General<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/category\/non-ferrous\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Non-Ferrous<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Shipping constraints, sanctions and policy changes continued to disrupt commodity flows across the Middle East. The UAE\u2019s indefinite suspension of","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19936,"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19935\/revisions\/19936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}