by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
The strikes last week on the Qatar’s Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas complex, which houses the world’s biggest export plant, reinforce concerns that turning the taps back on won’t be quick or easy, with an official estimate of as long as five years to repair the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Even if the conflict does stop soon, there will be no rapid recovery from the upheaval caused by airstrikes and Iran’s virtual closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the conduit for 20% of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas The U.S. military is deploying a large...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 15, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
The Aditya Birla Group-owned metals producer declared force majeure to all of its extruded aluminium customers on March 11, the notice showed NEW DELHI:Hindalco Industries on Sunday said that it has not halted operations of its aluminium extrusions business and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 12, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
The supply could rise in April as some Middle East Gulf producers use alternative export routes to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, and said that, for the year, production would still expand more quickly than global demand. The war in the Middle East is creating the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 9, 2026 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Reinsurance
The war has closed much of the region’s airspace and crippled Dubai and Doha airports, two of the world’s busiest transit hubs, stranded tens of thousands of passengers and forced airlines to cancel about 40,000 flights–the travel industry’s biggest disruption since...