The war is choking supplies of a niche yellow powder critical to global tech

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https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4gqjyk0vx3t

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07:26

Esme Stallard
Climate and science reporter

Much of the commentary over the last week on the Strait of Hormuz has focused on the impact on global oil trade. But blocking this waterway has also stopped supplies of sulphur and sulphuric acid.

It's probably not an element you've thought about before, but it's used in fertiliser, semiconductors - the computer chips used in all electronic tech from mobile phones to electric vehicles - nickel refining, and copper smelting (one of the most-used metals in the world).

About half of global sulphur that is transported by ship goes through the Strait of Hormuz. The Gulf region is one of the largest global manufacturers because sulphur is a byproduct of a particular type of oil, known as sour crude oil.

Last week, prices in China - which takes a lot of global sulphur supply - jumped by 15%, according to commodity analysts Argus.
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1. And Good Morning America actually mentioned issues with fertilizer blockage

(But I knew about THAT already.)

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2. Somebody told Trump that a third of the world's urea comes through the Strait of Hormuz

But he got the wrong idea...

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3. Everything that has copper in it will go up in price.

One more factor in the inflation that is coming.