raw materials

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Manufacturing giant China has been comparatively sheltered from fuel shortages thanks to oil reserves and renewable energy, but local factories are picking up a ballooning raw materials bill.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Oil-derived products are important raw materials for the chemical producer, but one analyst says that its range of businesses helped protect DuPont from surging oil prices.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Input costs hit multiyear highs in Japan, Indonesia and Vietnam too, as raw materials became more expensive.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

But China continued to invest in automaking, bolstered by its access to crucial raw materials needed for components such as EV batteries and windshield wipers to work properly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Notwithstanding the popular image of ‘man the hunter’, gathering was Sapiens’ main activity, and it provided most of their calories, as well as raw materials such as flint, wood and bamboo.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari