Sentence examples for digging raw materials from inspiring English sources

But the big numbers attached to new, often unconventional supplies belie a more fundamental problem: digging raw materials up is getting a lot harder.

As Thabo Mbeki, South Africa's president, has put it, "China cannot just come here and dig for raw materials and then go away and sell us manufactured goods".The benefits of China's growing appetite for natural resources to the producer countries are clear.

We dig up finite raw materials, turn them into products, and after they have brought utility to the consumers who buy them, the things are thrown away as waste.

Combining capital, cheap labor and raw materials.

An offtake ensures a miner has customers before it starts digging, and provides a guaranteed source of raw materials to a trader, which can also act as security if the trader provides finance.

Digging, mining, and various methods of grinding enable the modern manufacturer to utilize many raw materials.

So we dug into our processes and came to the conclusion that excess carbon fiber and scrap raw materials are areas where we can save some money and reduce our carbon footprint — ultimately helping our customers do the same.

It has also made money from smuggling raw materials pillaged in Syria as well as priceless antiquities from archeological digs.

It was also known to have reaped windfalls from smuggling all manner of raw materials pillaged from the crumbling state, as well as priceless antiquities from archaeological digs.

They ruined raw materials.

They stressed raw materials.