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The Yellow Squeeze

02 Jul 2026 / 2 min read

For the first time in its industrial history, China — the world's largest buyer of sulfur, is on the wrong side of a shortage. Imports have halved, port stocks have fallen to a decade low, and a commodity that spent ten years below ¥2,000/t has torn through ¥12,000. This is the anatomy of a super-cycle nobody planned for.

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