Ngomhla we-12 kweyoKwindla, ngokweengxelo zeendaba, ngenxa yokuphazamiseka kokuthunyelwa kwe-aluminium kuMbindi Mpuma okubangelwe kukuvalwa kweStrait of Hormuz, iMercuria Energy Group Ltd., iqela elikhulu elizimeleyo nelizimeleyo lokurhweba ngamandla kunye neempahla, liceba ukurhoxisa isixa esikhulu se-aluminium kwiindawo zokugcina i-London Metal Exchange (LME) ukuze kuncitshiswe uxinzelelo lokubonelela kwiimarike zaseYurophu naseMelika.
Kuxelwe ukuba ukusukela kwiveki ephelileyo, imfazwe phakathi kwe-United States ne-Israel nxamnye ne-Iran ikhokelele ekuvalweni kweStrait of Hormuz, indlela ebalulekileyo yokuthutha imithwalo. Ukuvalelwa kwale ndlela ibalulekileyo yokuthutha imithwalo kuye “kwayimisa” ngokuthe ngqo imveliso ye-aluminium kuMbindi Mpuma, nto leyo ebangela ukuba ukuhanjiswa kwe-aluminium kube nzima ngakumbi eYurophu nase-United States. UMbindi Mpuma ngummandla ophambili wemveliso ye-aluminium, omalunga ne-9% yemveliso ye-aluminium ephambili kwihlabathi liphela.imveliso ye-aluminiumUkuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kuxhomekeke kakhulu ekuthunyelweni kwempahla ngeStrait of Hormuz, kwaye ukuvalwa kwale strait kukhokelele ngokuthe ngqo ekuncipheni kokunikezelwa kwempahla kummandla.
Ngokutsho kwemithombo eyaziyo le nto, inkampani yaseSwitzerland iMercuria irhoxisile okanye imisele ukuhanjiswa kweetoni eziphantse zibe yi-100,000 ze-aluminium kwindawo yayo yokugcina impahla evunyiweyo yi-LME ePort Klang ngoMvulo. Eli nyathelo likholelwa ukuba yimpendulo yeMercuria yokufezekisa uxanduva lwayo lokubonelela abathengi eYurophu nase-United States, apho amashishini ezothutho, ezokwakha, kunye nezokupakisha aye ahlangabezana nokunqongophala kokubonelela nge-aluminium.
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba iStrait of Hormuz ayichaphazeli nje kuphela ukuthunyelwa kweemveliso ze-aluminium ngaphandle kodwa ikwathintela ukungeniswa kwezinto eziluhlaza zokwenziwa kwe-aluminium kuMbindi Mpuma. Nangona uMbindi Mpuma unomthamo ophezulu wokuvelisa i-aluminium ye-electrolytic, izinga layo lokuzinza kwe-alumina liphantsi kakhulu. Uninzi lwamazwe kufuneka angenise i-bauxite kunye ne-alumina ngeStrait of Hormuz. Ukuba istrait ivaliwe ixesha elide, izityalo ze-aluminium ze-electrolytic zasekuhlaleni zinokujamelana nokuncitshiswa kwemveliso enkulu okanye ukuvalwa, nto leyo eyonyusa imeko yokunikezelwa kwe-aluminium kwihlabathi liphela. Okwangoku, iMercuria ayikaze ithethe esidlangalaleni malunga nokurhoxiswa kwe-aluminium kwiindawo zokugcina i-LME.
Ixesha leposi: Matshi-13-2026