raw materials

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Professor Bradshaw says societies will need to rethink how land, water, energy, and raw materials are used if future generations are to live safely and sustainably.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

The deal bans EU importers from paying a different price to Mexican buyers for critical raw materials.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

We are running short of the raw materials for our exquisite weapons while our adversaries flood the battlefield with cheap drones.

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

Bones of domestic animals were important raw materials for artifacts of Neolithic peoples before the development of metallurgy.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond