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According to SIPRI, demand from Ukraine as well as from countries militarily supporting it and which need to replenish stockpiles helped drive demand.

“We have a narrow window to act — boost stockpiles, issue robust guidance, deploy resources quickly, and reinforce surveillance.”

Sales are likely to be 200 tons higher due to Lynas managing stockpiles.

But Jean Simard, president and chief executive of the Aluminium Association of Canada, told the BBC that Americans are starting to feel squeezed as their stockpiles of the metal deplete.

Vucic said NIS had stockpiled enough fuel to last until the end of the year, with further reserves held by the government.