Sentence examples for consumer of raw materials from inspiring English sources

China, an almost insatiable consumer of raw materials in recent years, is perhaps the biggest risk.

China is a major consumer of raw materials — for example, about 11 percent of world oil consumption.

Investors dumped shares in mining companies, which are heavily reliant on demand from China, the world's largest consumer of raw materials.

The shares have fallen by more than a third in the past year as concerns have mounted about the prospects for world trade amid a slowdown in China, the world's biggest consumer of raw materials transported by ship.

Commodities such as crude oil and copper have also tumbled to multi-year lows as investors take fright over signs of waning demand in the world's leading consumer of raw materials.

After a global rout in 2015, many analysts expect prices for commodities such as oil and metals to remain volatile this year, increasing uncertainty for China as a big producer and consumer of raw materials.

As consumers of raw materials, the industries of Europe and the U.S. benefit from cheaper commodities.

Currently these costs do not hit the financial bottom line, but could easily do so in the future – for example, as a result of new government policy and regulations, environmental activism, consumer demand, growing scarcity of raw materials, or as a direct consequence of escalating environmental degradation.

Manufacturers' margins will be squeezed this year because they will be unable to pass on the full rising cost of raw materials to consumers, according to trade body EEF.

In every market and at every step from suppliers of raw materials to consumers of finished goods–faster, cheaper communication lowers the cost of producing and consuming.

What are the thresholds of high or low quality of raw materials that consumers will accept at the price for which they are paying?