DAILYCALLER (Christine Sellers) - Geologists Discover Largest Deposit Of ‘Mysterious Mineral’ Found In Daily Products
'Grow into a world-class strategic mineral resource'
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Not just gasoline: Rising costs from Iran conflict will impact food, plastics and electronics
The Strait of Hormuz is an artery through which oil, natural gas, petrochemicals and nitrogen fertilizers flow. Just about every consumer product will be more expensive with increased costs of diesel, gasoline, fertilizers, plastics and helium, all of which require oil products. How high prices go and what the impact will be on the economy will depend on how long the conflict continues, and its eventual outcome.
NYTIMES (Ana Swanson) - Global Food Supply Faces a Dangerous Bottleneck as Iran War Persists
Fertilizer prices are climbing as a result of disruptions in the Middle East, putting global food supplies at risk.
NPR (Frank Morris) - War with Iran disrupts fertilizer exports as U.S. farmers prepare for planting season
Gulf states are major fertilizer producers, and the war with Iran has triggered a 25% price hike just as struggling U.S. farmers are planting corn.
DAILYCALLER (Anthony Iafrate) - Oklahoma Advances Bill To Turn Dead Humans Into Actual Fertilizer
'another disgusting step forward'
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Food prices likely to rise as fertilizer exports out of the Middle East are disrupted, experts say
The disruption in fertilizer supplies as a result of the conflict in Iran is "going to have severe implications on our productivity, which will turn have dramatic implications on food prices," Dr. John Newton with the American Farm Bureau said.
AXIOS (Courtenay Brown) - Iran war's economic shocks could reverberate for a while
The Iran war 's economic consequences risk outlasting the conflict itself. Why it matters: Any swift ceasefire or arrangement allowing safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz won't undo supply shocks that could linger for months — and in some cases, years. What they're saying: Oil markets "have so far faced logistics disruptions, not true supply destruction," Matt Bauer, a commodity strategist at Ned Davis Research, wrote in a client note on Friday. - "But attacks on South Pars and Iran's retaliation raise the risk that the conflict is shifting toward physical damage of production capacity." "The direct attacks on energy infrastructure illustrate the war's long-lasting consequences," says Kyle Rodda, a senior financial market…
The Iran war 's economic consequences risk outlasting the conflict itself. Why it matters: Any swift ceasefire or arrangement allowing safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz won't undo supply shocks that could linger for months — and in some cases, years. What they're saying: Oil markets "have so far faced logistics disruptions, not true supply destruction," Matt Bauer, a commodity strategist at Ned Davis Research, wrote in a client note on Friday. - "But attacks on South Pars and Iran's retaliation raise the risk that the conflict is shifting toward physical damage of production capacity." "The direct attacks on energy infrastructure illustrate the war's long-lasting consequences," says Kyle Rodda, a senior financial market…Open
NPR (Fatma Tanis) - How the Iran war threatens global food supply
About a third of all fertilizer shipped globally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Now shipping is all-but stopped through the Strait and this could have repercussions for the global food supply.
NYTIMES (Valerie Hopkins and Tomas Dapkus) - U.S. Lifts Fertilizer Sanctions on Belarus as Iran War Causes Price Surge
The Trump administration made the move in exchange for Belarus’s freeing of 250 political prisoners, part of a rapprochement between the two countries.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - What Does Trump’s Jones Act Waiver Mean for Oil Prices?
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump announced a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act to address rising gas prices amid the ongoing conflict with Iran.WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald Trump, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, and the U.S. Maritime Administration.WHEN & WHERE: Announced on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.KEY […] The post What Does Trump’s Jones Act Waiver Mean for Oil Prices? appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump announced a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act to address rising gas prices amid the ongoing conflict with Iran. WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald Trump , White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, and the U.S. Maritime Administration. WHEN & WHERE: Announced on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. KEY QUOTE: “This action will allow vital resources like oil, natural gas , fertilizer, and coal to flow freely to U.S. ports for sixty days, and the Administration remains committed to continuing to strengthen our critical supply chains .” — Karoline Leavitt. IMPACT: The waiver aims to mitigate short-term disruptions to the oil market amid ongoing U.S. military…Open