Global supply-risk

Where the global flow is constricted

Strait of Hormuz, Suez, Panama, Bab-el-Mandeb. Semiconductor fab uptime (TSMC / Samsung / Intel / SMIC). Lithium / cobalt / rare-earth flows.

Chokepoint status

Strait of Hormuz

~25% of global oil · ~30% of LNG

Single-point dependency. Iran proxy + Hezbollah / Houthi spillover risk. Carrier presence + minesweeper escort cadence.

Suez Canal

~12% of global trade

Houthi-driven Red Sea diversions to Cape of Good Hope add 10-14 days transit. Shipping insurance premia + container-rate impact.

channel: shipping + insurance

Panama Canal

Water level + Neopanamax queue

Drought-driven draft restrictions reduce throughput. Caribbean alternates rate-limited.

channel: agriculture + LNG

Bab-el-Mandeb

Red Sea entry

Houthi missile / drone attacks. Chinese naval base in Djibouti as monitoring station.

channel: oil + shipping

Semiconductor fabs

TSMC (Taiwan)

3nm + advanced packaging single-point-of-failure. Taiwan-strait flashpoint risk. Arizona Fab 21 ramp partial mitigation.

Samsung (Korea)

Memory + logic. Yongin mega-fab build-out. NK missile-launch tail risk.

Intel (Arizona / Ohio)

Re-shored leading-edge. CHIPS-Act anchored. Yield-ramp watch.

SMIC (China)

BIS export-control bound; 7nm + capable but yields constrained. Domestic-substitute pressure.

Critical minerals

Lithium

Australia · Chile · China processing

EV-battery + grid-storage demand. China refining bottleneck.

Cobalt

DRC ~70%

Conflict-mineral risk. Child-labor compliance. Chinese mine-ownership.

Rare earths

China ~85% processing

NdPr permanent magnets. Defense + EV-motor critical.

Copper

Chile · Peru · DRC

Grid + EV demand pulling structurally. Strikes-driven price spikes.

Engine signals feeding this view

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Conflict
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Markets stress
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Gas / energy
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Food / grocery

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