raw materials

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

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Additionally, a shortage of raw materials critical to semiconductor production, particularly helium, might affect factories, which could result in losses exceeding $10 billion per month, it adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

It also means the AI buildout is competing for physical resources — land, energy, construction labor, raw materials — that are finite and already under pressure.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Then there are their complementary economies: Russia as a major exporter of oil, gas and other raw materials, and China's industrial economy providing a vast market for them.

From BBC • May 18, 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