raw materials

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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

Higher prices for raw materials such as oil, coal and liquefied natural gas are expected to raise the state utility’s fuel purchase costs and reduce its operating profit, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 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

At several points during the summit, Macron stressed that Africa "has its own agenda" and should no longer be viewed simply as a source of raw materials for foreign powers.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Along one entire wall, arranged neatly in small piles, stood the raw materials he had collected: roots, seeds, dried leaves, pods, strips of bark and shriveled mushrooms.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien