Sentence examples for rising material prices from inspiring English sources

Whirlpool, the world's biggest appliances manufacturer, said on Friday it will cut 5,000 jobs, about 10% of its workforce, amid slowing sales and rising material prices.

Clorox Profit Falls On Rising Material Prices.

Working with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the group was challenged to think about how they can redesign B& Qs future to best keep businesses thriving in an environment of rising material and energy prices, and the increased cost of waste.

Rising material and oil prices will divert money that could go into consumer spending or capital outlays.

Chairman and Chief Executive David Whitwam David Whitwam said, "Despite our aggressive actions during the last several months, we continue to face industry and economic conditions that have led to intensified price competition, rising material costs, and slowing or declining demand.

And rising raw material prices are making wind farms more expensive to build.

Transportation delays, together with rising raw material prices in world markets, are driving up costs for Chinese industry.

Rising raw material prices in China in 2000 did not drive up consumer prices much, however, because raw materials were a small share of the total cost of goods then, with labor and other costs contributing more.

Rising raw material prices and a desire by resource companies and steelmakers to meet ravenous demand from China and other rapidly growing emerging economies have spurred consolidation in the sector in recent years.

Businesspeople from a wide range of industries all over China said in interviews at the fair that rising raw material prices in particular had been seriously crimping their profit margins.

Rising raw material prices, especially for steel, caused a dip in Caterpillar's third-quarter profit.