Monazite is found in Brazil, India, Australia, South Africa and the U.S., among other locations.

For today’s Chief Supply Chain Officer, the challenge is no longer simply creating a better plan. It is building an operating model that can continuously sense, reason, adapt, and act as conditions change

Using a practical, nine-step framework and real examples from demand and supply planning, including AI-generated scenarios that surface capacity risks before a Supply Review even begins, JT will show what's possible today, what's still emerging, and how to avoid the governance pitfalls that derail AI adoption.

Oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia has also been targeted during the escalating hostilities with the Houthis. 

Within eight weeks, state producer Saudi Aramco could add 1.2 million barrels a day of extra capacity by using an existing natural gas pipeline to carry crude.

Previously, the Saudi company generally wasn’t involved in arranging the shipping.

The attacks reflect how the Black Sea is becoming an increasingly precarious corridor for agricultural trade.

The G7 agreement is an attempt to placate the U.S. President, who has threatened to cut off Europe’s vital supply of U.S. diesel.

Financial writer Rich Duprey says record diesel prices, rising insurance premiums, and higher maintenance expenses are colliding with freight rates that haven't kept pace.

While affecting only a tiny proportion of imports, the bans ramp up the showboating between the two countries in what is an increasingly contentious trade war.