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Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz Heighten Risks to Global Supply Chains

The Financial Times notes that disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are constraining sulphur supplies and increasing risks for key industries and global supply chains.
Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz Heighten Risks to Global Supply Chains
Shipping standstill in Strait of Hormuz disrupts supplies of commodity used in products from fertiliser to microchips. A surge in the price of sulphur has highlighted how the effects of the Iran war are spreading far beyond energy markets to hit wider supply chains. Shipping has been virtually halted through the Strait of Hormuz, choking off supplies of the byproduct... ...

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