raw materials

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Players can amass huge virtual fortunes by mining raw materials or fighting as mercenaries, but they aren't allowed to convert in-game wealth back into real-world cash.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

“We want to look at the full life cycle … not only thinking from the cradle to the grave, but from the point where the raw materials are extracted at the beginning,” Stanton says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Finding the raw materials is generally not hard, but separating them from other materials they’re bonded to is, and it’s that process that China largely dominates.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

“These agreements will remove the remaining barriers to trade and investment, and this includes strategic sectors such as raw materials, agriculture and services,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The extensive cedar, cypress, and oak groves now belonging to her would provide the raw materials that Mark Antony required.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby