raw materials

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Hewson said there has been a "perfect storm" of increased costs for raw materials, energy, labour costs and even changes to packaging regulation that has made these essentials more expensive.

From BBC • May 24, 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

Manufacturers and food processors, many dependent on imported raw materials priced in dollars, are seeing costs surge.

From Barron's • May 17, 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

It may well be that ancient hunter-gatherers living in zones more fertile than the Kalahari spent even less time obtaining food and raw materials.

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