{"id":31345,"date":"2026-08-07T18:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T13:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31345"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T13:18:23","slug":"iran-war-validates-uae-metals-production-move-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31345","title":{"rendered":"Iran war validates UAE metals production move to US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->A war gaming exercise held by US officials last year examined how the country&#8217;s aluminum supply chain would fare in the event of a large global conflict. High-purity aluminum, the kind used to make fighter jets and other defense equipment, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-08-05\/iran-war-exposes-us-military-aluminum-risk-shown-in-pentagon-war-game\" data-ylk=\"slk:emerged%20as%20a%20critical%20vulnerability;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;emerged as a critical vulnerability&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">emerged as a critical vulnerability<\/a>,&#8221; according to Bloomberg, noting that almost 90% of that metal comes from the UAE.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Aluminum plants in Bahrain and the UAE have been hit in Iranian strikes this year, causing prices to surge. Emirates Global Aluminum has restarted its plant but is not expected to return to full capacity until the end of the year.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->EGA is building capacity in the US and is the majority owner of a $4 billion Oklahoma aluminum smelter project, which is due to start production by the end of the decade. The facility, which would be the first of its kind built in the US since 1980, could help ease Washington&#8217;s concerns about access to the metal, and gives EGA a break from tariffs on its exports to the US.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"article-figure-image\" class=\"yf-750ceo\">\n<div class=\"image-container yf-j98iil loader\" style=\"--max-height: 748px;\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper yf-j98iil\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 740 \/ 748; --img-max-width: 740px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/27E72975AA899F45E1BA8A5652567B04F96AABC13D0EB9AD7738EA3144546095\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefit_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fsemafor_310%2F424338c4e28abaa2b7864b7e5f1c3be5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Global price of aluminum\" height=\"748\" width=\"740\" class=\"yf-j98iil loader\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/author\/kelsey-warner\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kelsey%20Warner;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kelsey Warner&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Kelsey Warner<\/a><!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A war gaming exercise held by US officials last year examined how the country&#8217;s aluminum supply chain would fare in the event of a large global conflict. High-purity aluminum, the kind used to make fighter jets and other defense equipment, &#8220;emerged as a critical vulnerability,&#8221; according to Bloomberg, noting that almost 90% of that metal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/0C26C04EB270B96F98C55A3603A07E095E32DC7D012CD41244C03BB11866EF94\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w1200_h800;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fsemafor_310%2Ffb4d1418784c1750234cf4737f0d2927","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-trending-viral-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}