Associated building costs have also increased owing to a shortage in raw materials.
If emerging markets recover next year, the gutsy play is in raw materials, namely copper, iron ore and coal.
There is a tendency towards issues arising over trade in raw materials.
The show opens by explaining the politics and culture of western Africa before the Europeans arrived to trade in raw materials, luxury items and, eventually, human beings.
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But it's vital that any prioritization of agriculture is not at the expense of the trade in raw materials, according to Ousmane Badiane, Africa director for the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Wall Street seemed to be reacting to news of new stimulus measures from China, whose growing economy had been sucking in raw materials and high-value-added manufactured goods from around the world in recent years.
If real estate collapses and the resulting banking crisis affects the rest of the economy, there will be a substantial drop in the demand for raw materials, with a corresponding fall in exports from countries that produce and export raw materials, and in OECD exports to emerging middle classes.
In his sights is a status unrivaled in the raw materials sector since Cecil Rhodes held sway over much of southern Africa in the 19th century through the diamond trading company he founded, De Beers.
It is possible to put a benign interpretation on the fairly uniform falls in raw-materials prices.
After all, they are making billions of dollars in selling raw materials and precious metals to the West.
Then the next is to look at sustainability in the raw materials themselves.
Still, Doyle managed to hold the projected increase in raw-materials costs of the new pizzas to less than 10 percent.
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With huge oversupply in some industries, and big rises in raw-materials costs, many manufacturers are having to endure wafer-thin margins.
Particularly as they're already going pretty much all out on infrastructure spending, they're going to be pulling in more raw materials.
Since the import slump means that the region is bringing in fewer raw materials and intermediate goods for manufacturing, it implies a continuing export downturn.
We can grow volumes with a very small increase in the actual raw materials.
In an otherwise flat stock market, Smith says, the best opportunities are in energy and raw materials.
One of China Development Bank's specific tasks is to try to alleviate and, where possible, eliminate bottlenecks in supplies of raw materials or land for China's economy.
However, the evidence to date suggests strongly that we may be soon seeing a big substitution of combined intelligence, technology, and behavioral changes in place of raw materials.
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All sources of energy and electricity require water in their production processes: the extraction of raw materials, cooling in thermal processes, in cleaning processes, cultivation of crops for biofuels, and powering turbines to generate hydroelectricity.
What should be the future strategy for multinational firms trying to take in this Chinese wave of raw materials imports and low-cost manufacturing and sourcing in Africa?
"We may experience a significant disruption in the supply of fabrics or raw materials from current sources or, in the event of a disruption, we may be unable to locate alternative materials suppliers of comparable quality at an acceptable price, or at all, " the company said in the filing.
TSMC's revenue growth will, sooner or later, lead to higher costs as well, because in the semiconductor business sales, raw materials and capital equipment are all priced in dollars.
The microbiome does many jobs in exchange for the raw materials and shelter its host provides.
It takes three weeks to ship raw materials in from China with all shipments going via Singapore.
Frugal often also means being sparing in the use of raw materials and their impact on the environment.
Chinese foreign direct investment has long been characterized as focusing on securing raw materials in emerging markets like Africa and Latin America.
The manufacture of cash requires the transportation and use of raw materials in manufacturing processes, with the final product transported to financial institutions.
"I would not like to look at agriculture as a different path to growth than raw materials in a country that has both, " he said.
But now companies like Hershey are recognizing that they must change the way they approach the global procurement of raw materials in order to remain competitive.
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