fertilizers

Beijing's export restrictions on sulphuric acid are pressuring fertilisers, metals, and clean energy industries, exposing fragile supply chains as disruption spreads around the Strait of Hormuz

Disruptions to Gulf energy and shipping routes are tightening supplies of chemical fertilisers, raising costs from Europe to South Asia and heightening fears of a widening global food crisis

The country has the world's second-largest reserves but is only the eighth-largest producer. It hopes to boost production to meet global demand.

Phosphates will be vital for global food security, and Morocco, which straddles key maritime trade routes, is home to three-quarters of the world's supply