materials

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But the war with Iran is already putting India's $6bn bottled water industry under strain as manufacturers struggle to access crucial raw materials.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Find insight on palm oil futures, global fertilizer flows, London’s miners and more in the latest Market Talks covering basic materials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Instead, it has made it extremely difficult to pinpoint an exact tariff cost for building materials, said Ed Brady, CEO of the Home Builders Institute.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

A closely watched measure called the control group—which strips out autos, gasoline, building materials, and restaurant meals and is used to calculate gross domestic product—rose 0.5%, well above the 0.3% economists had expected.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

He started to work, summoning fire to dry out materials and do a little cooking that otherwise would have taken days to complete.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan