Sentence examples for commodity consumers from inspiring English sources

Miners were in demand, benefiting from encouraging factory figures from China, now one of the world's key commodity consumers.

In theory, the lack of just one male will mean the men get to keep $99.99 of the proceeds, leaving the women with one cent.Similarly, in boom conditions commodity consumers will be so desperate to get their hands on raw materials that they will drive prices up to absurd levels, at least for a short time.

Studies have shown that commodities that are not traded on exchanges have tended to rise as fast, and be as volatile, as those that are.In any case, it seems likely that investors and commodity consumers are motivated by the same factors.

"The emerging markets are associated with higher commodity prices, but not all emerging markets are beneficiaries," said Simon Hallett, chief investment officer of Harding Loevner Management, an investment firm based in Somerville, N.J. "Russia and Brazil are commodity producers, but China and India are commodity consumers".

It is difficult to be optimistic about demand in the current environment, as even reliable commodity consumers like China have been forced to try and revive their flagging economies.

Now, I admit that there are certain specific circumstances under which hoarding commodities such as grain may make sense; for example, in response to an anticipated shortage (like the patriarch, Joseph) or like a commodity speculator helping commodity consumers hedge against future price spikes.

Both explanations add weight to the idea of a "commodity supercycle", a long-term surge in prices that might last for 15-20 years.In the short term this is bad news for the developed world which, in aggregate, is a commodity consumer, not producer.

Its role as a de facto insurance policy allowed gold to buck the commodity sell-off as the new year dawns – industrial commodities like crude oil and copper were pressured hard by the worries over China, which is the biggest commodity consumer.

It's really hard to build mass production lines in the U.S. for commodity consumer goods.

Does HP make commodity consumer hardware or "high-end laptops?" It does both.

Rio chief Tom Albanese has argued that the cash injection from Chinalco would not just solve Rio's debt problem but give Rio a long-term financial cushion to make investments and a strategic advantage from a closer alliance with Beijing, as China is poised to become the world's biggest commodity consumer.