What are raw materials?
These are natural resources which could be mined, drilled, or harvested in or on the earth and ocean.
This brings us to the two broad divide or simply put two types of raw materials. Agro (or agricultural) and Mineral raw materials.
Please note that all industrial raw materials are all raw materials but not all raw materials are industrial materials.
There exist some raw materials turned into finished products by some industries and those products are raw materials to some other industries.
Weekly we shall publish a location and disseminate valid information on its characteristic raw materials and products
Location of the week
Saskatchewan
Do you know that the breadbasket of Canada is also the breadbasket of the World? Anyways, it is the truth. Saskatchewan is this breadbasket. Saskatchewan is one of the ten provinces of Canada endowed with both mineral and agro raw materials in very large quantities.
Raw Materials Found in Large Amount in this Location
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Agro raw materials
Grains, oilseed, livestock, and wood
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Mineral Raw Materials
Nickel, Zinc, Potassium, Rare Earth Elements, Potash, Nitrogrn, Phosphate, Uranium, Sand, Gravel, Copper, Salt, Clay, Bentonite, Gold, Stone, Diamonds, Silica Sand, Coal, Oil and Gas,
Some Products from these Raw Materials
Batteries, basement foundation, bike, bike helmet, bread and cereals, car or bus, ceramic tiles, computer, concrete, cosmetics, door keys, DVD player, Eaves trough, Electrical wires, External walls, Fertilizers, windows, watch, television, money coins, mirror, light bulb, microwave oven, paper clip, sandpaper, stove, roads, paper, power tools, etc
