Hormuz disruption raises risk of global food shock, traders warn
World ‘on borrowed time’ to avert crisis as higher gas prices squeeze fertiliser production
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Fertiliser disruption from Iran conflict prompts global food shortage warnings
Prices have jumped and exports been hit as war puts pressure on one of the world’s largest producers
Iran war risks global food shock as fertiliser supplies cut
Growing number of fertiliser plants forced to shut, threatening rice and other harvests
The other Strait of Hormuz shock
Disruption to commodities far beyond oil and gas will have a long-lasting impact
Gulf disruption chokes sulphur flows supporting swaths of global industry
Shortage spurs surge in prices and threatens sectors from fertiliser to microchips as impact of war in Iran widens
The oil price crunch is looming
The longer the Strait of Hormuz blockade continues, the more likely a crisis-like adjustment in rich economies becomes
An Iran oil shock would put global growth on a slippery slope
Disruption to tanker traffic at the Strait of Hormuz would pose a much bigger risk to oil supply