Qatar transport embargo raises fears of a barytes squeeze

• Autores: William Clarke
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 595, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Julio-Agosto)
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The transport and diplomatic embargo of Qatar, announced early in June, has oilfield services companies worried about their supplies of drilling fluid materials, but others see an opportunity for Iran to jump start its long-moribund mineral sector.

    On June 5 Qatar's nearest neighbours cut off all transport to the country, as well as severing diplomatic links, over the Gulf nation's alleged funding of terrorism, and its supposed closeness with both the Muslim Brotherhood and the government of Iran.

    Participants in the embargo include Saudi Arabia, which shares Qatar's only land border, as well as Bahrain, which lies a short distance away in the Gulf, and the United Arab Emirates, which contains the regional hub port of Dubai.

    Ties were also cut by Egypt, the Maldives, Comoros, Mauritania, the self-declared republic of Somaliland, the internationally-recognised government in Yemen, and the Tobruk government in Libya.