Severe drought cuts French grain maize harvest projections to a multi-decade low of 7.3 million metric tons as China's expanding domestic crop curbs import demand, while OPEC+ crude production surges by 900,000 barrels per day to 39.07 million bpd despite Strait of Hormuz conflict bottlenecks. In Asia, a 21.5% drop in Chinese September crude imports triggers an unprecedented commercial onshore inventory liquidation even as pre-holiday iron ore buying climbs to 109.82 million tons. Concurrently, London aluminium holds firm near $3,000 per ton despite 3 million tons of Gulf smelting capacity sitting idle, Rio Tinto reinforces a $5 billion capital release target on strong Pilbara shipments, and upstream gas reallocation in Guyana sidelines liquefied natural gas export plans.
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