Ankoria Market Brief: what the sources said
- Sulphuric acid: CRU expects acid delivered to Chile to ease to $215/t by Q4 2027, from a record $451/t earlier this year; China resumed acid exports to Chile in September. Reuters via MINING.COM, 20 Oct 2026 — link
- Aluminium: LME settled at $3,008/t after the 22–23 Oct session, about $780 below the early-June peak; China’s three-region social inventory fell for a ninth straight day to about 420,000 t (SMM data). Discovery Alert, 23 Oct 2026 — link
- Water: Egypt signed contracts worth about EGP 4.6bn for the operation and maintenance of 11 seawater desalination plants in Sinai, Matrouh and the Red Sea, with a combined design capacity of 485,000 m³/day. Daily News Egypt, 18 Oct 2026 — link
- Oil: Iraq’s crude exports reportedly rose to more than 3.4 million bpd in October, from a 3.0 million bpd average in September. Iraq Business News, 20 Oct 2026 — link
- Gas: Dhi Qar Oil Company opened a gas processing unit at the Garraf field (15–22 mmscfd) to cut flaring; the first phase takes associated gas processed at the field to 37 mmscfd. Iraq Business News, 21 Oct 2026 — link
- Crude: Brent topped $116/bbl, a six-month high, as Middle East tensions rose. CNBC, 23 Oct 2026 — link
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