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  "id": 12262666,
  "title": "Phosphate: An old workhorse turned critical commodity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/phosphate-an-old-workhorse-turned-critical-commodity-12262666",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-05T23:48:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
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  "summary": "For decades, humble phosphate fertiliser was a simple story of digging up rock to help grow crops. Now, amid the US-Iran war, prices are surging and major global supply chains are at a tipping point.",
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Phosphate: An old workhorse turned critical commodity",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/phosphate-an-old-workhorse-turned-critical-commodity",
        "published": "2026-10-05T23:48:51.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}