raw materials

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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

But he couldn't risk key businesses that rely on China's raw materials.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Surging energy prices cause German companies to pay more for inputs and raw materials, as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz blocks a key waterway for petrochemicals and industrial gases.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Stanley’s worldwide manufacturing empire began in a corner of Connecticut that had no business becoming a manufacturing center—a landlocked region about 85 miles from Manhattan with no rail service, no waterway and few raw materials.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

In Latin silva is a wood but also the collection of raw materials needed for a building.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton