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By Marco Trujillo and Silvio Castellanos

Heatwaves and high energy prices leave Spain on thin ice

Mercedes Nieto prepares a mojito in her bar in Madrid, Spain, August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Juan Medina

Ice is a hot commodity in Spain, with supermarkets limiting how much people can buy and bars running low on cubes for sangrias and cocktails due to scorching heatwaves and high energy prices.

At the start of the year, ice makers held back from producing their usual stockpiles because of soaring power bills and uncertainty about summertime demand following the COVID pandemic.

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