raw materials
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British polymer manufacturer Victrex last week said it would reduce its workforce by 10% while warning that its profits may fall below expectations due to the elevated costs of energy and raw materials.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
What one strategist argues, therefore, is that investors should plow capital into the energy stocks providing the raw materials that technology stocks desperately require to grow.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
Calbee said in a statement that the design change is a response to "supply instability affecting raw materials amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East."
From BBC • May 12, 2026
The new monochrome packages will go on sale in Japan May 25, Calbee said, blaming difficulties procuring raw materials such as naphtha, a petrochemical used in paints and inks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
It is not a plausible source of raw materials: the freightage from Mars to Earth would be too expensive for many centuries to come.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
