raw materials

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Japan doesn’t want its currency to keep weakening because a weaker yen makes Japanese imports — everything from oil and food to raw materials — more expensive in local currency.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026

"Secondly, there is a danger that policymakers will approve the premature exploitation of raw materials on planets, with the risk of irreversibly destroying unnoticed life."

From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026

The companies are suspected of inflating ice cream prices beyond increases in the cost of raw materials, even as the country faces a hot summer with record high temperatures.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

Drawing on traditional knowledge and support from leading experts, the women prepare the biofertiliser using locally available raw materials.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Notwithstanding the popular image of ‘man the hunter’, gathering was Sapiens’ main activity, and it provided most of their calories, as well as raw materials such as flint, wood and bamboo.

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