Raw Materials

A raw material, also known as a feedstock, unprocessed material, or primary commodity, is a basic material that is used to produce goods, finished products, energy, or intermediate materials that are feedstock for future finished products. As feedstock, the term connotes these materials are bottleneck assets and are required to produce other products. The term raw material denotes materials in unprocessed or minimally processed states; e.g., raw latex, crude oil, cotton, coal, raw biomass, iron ore, air, logs, water, or "any product of agriculture, forestry, fishing or mineral in its natural form or which has undergone the transformation required to …

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RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 27 March 2024 English

Germany Germany’s presence in the Indo-Pacific has gradually expanded since the deployment to the region of the frigate Bayern in 2021–2022, laying the groundwork for future development. [...] Scholz received …

economic partnerships, particularly the supply of raw materials for hi-tech products, as well as cooperation


IIGCC: The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change · 21 March 2024 English

Increasing the EU’s Competitive Sustainability The evidence shows that the global economic opportunity from the development of clean technologies alone is enormous.3 Integrating the target into a comprehensive industrial strategy, …

The European Commission’s report on critical raw materials and the circular economy highlights the important Huygens, D. et al. (2018), Report on critical raw materials and the circular economy, Publications Office


Climate Council · 20 March 2024 English

A clear plan for Australia to build out renewable energy and clean industry to safeguard our future Climate Council partnered with the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of …

fuels, and during chemical reactions to convert raw materials to other clean energy will be needed to replace Drivers spanning upstream resource extraction and raw materials chain and renewable energy industry development


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 20 March 2024 English

In line with its 2022 global health strategy (GHS), the expansion of international partnerships on health is a priority for the European Union (EU). As the 2020 Africa strategy underlines, …

health sovereignty and the availability of key raw materials that go into the manufacturing of medicines


CCAC: Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants · 20 March 2024 English

The IGSD Primer on Cutting Methane provides the scientific and policy rationale for decision- makers to achieve the “strong, rapid, and sustained” cuts to methane emissions needed to slow global …

million funding contribution through the Securing Raw Materials Program, which will enable Sea Forest, in collaboration million funding contribution through the Securing Raw Materials Program for CH4 South Australia’s seaweed production


World Bank Group · 20 March 2024 English

for working capital, the purchase of limited raw materials, and equipment purchase/replacement; the potential for working capital, the purchase of limited raw materials, and equipment purchase/replacement; the potential


World Bank Group · 20 March 2024 English

project will engage primary suppliers to provide raw materials (sand, aggregate, cement, wire mesh) and other


World Bank Group · 20 March 2024 English

The Myanmar firm monitoring survey (Round 15) was conducted from April 20, 2023, to May 8, 2023, encompassing a nationally representative sample of 500 firms. The survey spanned various areas …

firms experiencing an increase in prices of raw materials, the average price increase in the last completed by the share of firms Sector Increase in raw materials or input costs Increase in operational cost operation hours Source cheaper inputs or raw materials Borrow money to cover the cost Temporarily market (a15a) 1 2 -5 We import supply and raw materials directly (a15b) 1 2 -5 We pay suppliers -5 Disruption of the supply of inputs and raw materials (b4b) 1 2 -9 -5 Cash flow shortages (b4c)


World Bank Group · 20 March 2024 English

The Myanmar firm monitoring survey (Round 16) was conducted from September 12, 2023, to October 5, 2023, encompassing a nationally representative sample of 500 firms. The survey spanned various areas …

firms experiencing an increase in prices of raw materials, the average price increase in the last completed by the share of firms Sector Increase in raw materials or input costs Increase in operational cost operation hours Source cheaper inputs or raw materials Borrow money to cover the cost Temporarily market (a15a) 1 2 -5 We import supply and raw materials directly (a15b) 1 2 -5 We pay suppliers -5 Disruption of the supply of inputs and raw materials (b4b) 1 2 -9 -5 Cash flow shortages (b4c)


ETTG: European Think Tank Group · 20 March 2024 English

KEY MESSAGES (CONTINUED) Despite their diverse interests and needs in relation to energy transitions and climate action, there is considerable potential for strengthening cooperation, investment and policy dialogue between the …

sustainable (including in terms of access to critical raw materials development through the integration of the corresponding elements. its REPowerEU initiative and Critical Raw Materials Act. In this context, reshaped trade relations renewable energy production, access to critical raw materials indeed contribute to the EU’s stated priorities will require as tourism, services or critical raw materials (ECLAC, additional modalities beyond the EFSD+ countries which are facing macroeconomic • Critical raw materials challenges (public debt and/or limited fiscal


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