“Sulphuric acid is a crucial ingredient in the manufacture of batteries, clothing and phosphate fertilisers, and is also used to treat drinking water, purify petroleum and produce some metals and computer chips.

#China is a key exporter, but it relies on imported #sulphur — itself a by-product of oil refining and smelting — to make it.

In 2025, about half of the global sulphur supply came from the Middle East.

With trade disrupted, Beijing has banned exports of #SulphuricAcid to shore up its domestic #supply.”

#StraitOfHormuz / #trade / #conflict / #chemicals <https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2026-05-17/china-turns-off-sulphuric-acid-supply/106682704>

China quietly turns off supply of world's most used industrial chemical

Sulphuric acid is a crucial ingredient in the manufacture of batteries, clothing and phosphate fertilisers, and is also used to treat drinking water, purify petroleum, and produce some metals and computer chips.

Prozak, SHUFFA, Sulphur & Niamh @ XOYO - 03 May feat. Prozak (IRL), SHUFFA, Sulphur + more

#SESH #ProzakIRL #SHUFFA #Sulphur

https://sesh.sx/e/1974391

Sulphur. Unintended consequences of the Straitjacket of Hormuz.

https://www.thehindu.com/business/india-could-limit-sulphur-exports-as-supplies-tighten-sources-say/article70870672.ece/amp/

#india #Sulphur #straitofhormuz