Saudi Arabia's Sadara Basic company announced the shutdown of its chemical plant

Sadara Chemical Company, a joint chemical venture between Saudi Arabia's Aramco oil giant and the American chemical company Dow, announced a temporary suspension of production, Reuters reported on March 31.

It is noted that the reason was the ongoing disruptions in the supply chain.

"Sadara is currently unable to provide an estimate of the timing of the resumption of production, as it depends on domestic and international factors," Sadara Basic Services, its subsidiary, said in a statement.

Sadara Chemical Company operates a complex in the Saudi city of Jubail with a production capacity of more than 3 million tons of chemicals and plastics per year. They acknowledged that the shutdown of production is likely to affect the financial results of the current year.

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Representatives of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported on March 29 that two US aluminum plants located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Bahrain were attacked by the Military Space Forces (VKS) and the Naval Forces (Navy) of Iran. The attack, as specified, was a response to the "malicious actions" of Washington and Tel Aviv, which they committed against Iranian infrastructure facilities.

A day earlier, the IRGC also called on employees of American enterprises based in the Middle East to leave their jobs. Announcing retaliation for the attacks on the uranium concentrate production plant in the city of Ardakan and the Khondab nuclear complex in Markazi.

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