raw materials

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The EU has been scrambling to diversify its supply of critical raw materials, as it seeks to cut its dependence on the elements from China.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Producers in Canada were again squeezed by higher prices for raw materials.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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

In Latin silva is a wood but also the collection of raw materials needed for a building.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton