raw material

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Because sodium is far more abundant and widely available than lithium, manufacturers could potentially lower raw material costs while reducing long-term supply chain risks.

From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026

Because gas is the raw material needed to make new stars, such outflows could significantly reduce future star formation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026

At the same time, it cautioned that cost inflation is trending upwards, with the CFO saying the company was starting to see an impact on raw material costs from the Middle East conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"Our raw material, our gold, our copper, goes to other countries... we are experiencing misery."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

If tritium was the sought-after product, for example, you used lithium-6; if it was plutonium, the raw material would be uranium—namely, that waste U-238.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik