Definition of feedstock
: raw material supplied to a machine or processing plant
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America had costly workers, ageing capital stock, pricey feedstocks and sluggish demand.
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In his interview with TIME, Salman pointed to petrochemicals — products like plastics and other synthetic materials made from oil feedstock — as an area of opportunity in the event of a slow down in oil demand.
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That provided the perfect feedstock for machine-learning software now used in industries including healthcare and financial services, says Feast.
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Many uses for carbon dioxide, including as a feedstock for construction and manufacturing materials, are already well established.
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Their cost of ferrous feedstock per ton of steel is $90 higher than the average in Brazil, Russia, Japan and China, according to analysts at Bernstein.
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Ethane is a natural gas liquid used as a feedstock for ethylene, which is the building block for most plastics.
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The ongoing shale boom in the Permian Basin and elsewhere has enabled U.S. petrochemical producers to churn out polyethylene at a steep cost advantage to Asian and European manufacturers that typically use heavier, more expensive feedstocks.
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The plants produce electricity by burning oil — an out-of-date feedstock that is dirty and exposes Puerto Ricans to oil-price swings.
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