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Raw material

Materials a manufacturer converts into a finished product.

raw material

The goods used in the manufacture of a product. For example, a furniture manufacturer is likely to have raw materials such as hardware, lumber, and metal tubing on hand. Raw material is carried as an inventory item in the current assets section of a firm's balance sheet.

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To guarantee a secure, sustainable and undistorted supply of raw materials, they wish to reinforce raw materials diplomacy, respecting the level of development of trading partners, especially the least developed (LDCs).

RAW MATERIALS : DERIVATIVES MARKETS: COUNCIL CALLS FOR MORE INTEGRITY

Another important factor that can adversely affect the quality and consistency of the final product is raw material conditioning.

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recovered fiber, competitive forces will continue to make GreenFiber work hard to guarantee that it procures enough raw material to meet its demands.

Building a niche: the residential housing boom has helped U.S. GreenFiber grow as an end market for recycled newspapers

Foundry sand has long been considered a good candidate for recycling as a raw material in the manufacture of portland cement.

Beneficial sand reuse: making it work

The scope of the Partnership covers non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials - metals and minerals, as well as other industrial raw materials such as natural rubber, paper and wood.

Belgium : Reducing the EU's dependency on raw materials: European Innovation Partnership launched

Our ability to produce higher value raw materials and reduce costs depends on a wide range of social and political factors, as well as progress in science and technology.

A "green" goal: sustainable production of higher value raw materials: intensive forest management and well-focused forestry research can dramatically increase the value of our industry's raw materials

With the flow of ferrous scrap from Black Sea ports cut off, Turkish buyers were left without one of their largest sources of raw material.

No scrap zone: Eastern Europe could be a helpful source of supply for a red-hot scrap market, but restrictive export strategies have in effect closed its docks to exports

Another tactic is to change the conversion technology to get more value from the raw material or components (termed the reforming gap).

New forest-based materials can lead to more products, better returns: new technology can add new value to currently low value components in wood processing. The industry must bridge three gap areas to reap these rewards

The new raw material was found to be convertible to an acceptable quality pulp with 40% to 45% yield, 24 to 34 kappa number, and 21 to 25 ISO brightness for the unbleached pulp.