Resumen de Uncertainty in supply chain as US storms close ports

Davide Ghilotti, Yoke Wong, William Clarke

• Rail and sea links are fractured in the US's largest international port, as supply chains of some industrial minerals could be disrupted.

  Most of the world watched in horror as images filtered through the news screens of the damage wreaked by Hurricane Harvey and Irma in September.

  As well as the tragic loss of life and the insurmountable damage to civilian homes and buildings, IM also discovered that many ports and railways had been shut in affected areas, disrupting the supply chain in many minerals markets.

  In the days following Hurricane Harvey, heavy rains and flooding spread across the region surrounding Houston, disrupting mineral shipments in one of the world's most important port regions.

  The Port of Houston, the largest international port in the US, reopened on 1 September, but other ports in the region remained closed as IM went to press, alongside other infrastructure damage.