Milan, 12 March 2022 – After 17 days from the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine, i prices of the main ones raw material I’m splashed upù, causing many problems to many companies, many of which were already affected by effects of the pandemic Covid which had contributed to enormously decrease the supply of a good part of these materials. The report comes from the Research Department of the Cgia of Mestre, which also draws up a sort of ranking.
According to the association, of the dozen items monitored, the one that between last February 23 and yesterday underwent the price change more important it was he nickels (+93.8 percent). They follow the gas (+48 percent), corn (+30.3 percent), common wheat (+29.2 percent), steel (+25.1 percent) e oil (+16.3 percent). To register a on the other hand, there was a negative change in lead (-1.3 percent) and the pond (-2.1 percent). But let’s see in more detail where some of these raw materials come from and where they are used.
It nickelalso called the “devil’s copper,” is a metal found in lots of objects that we use daily. Give her coins to mobile phones, but also to lighters and watches. Not to mention the use made of it in the increasingly growing market for electric cars (production of lithium-ion batteries) and in the manufacture of products for agriculture, including insecticides and pesticides, as well as in the processing stages of vegetable oils. It is also used for the formation of precious metals, silver and red gold. The main destination of nickel is stainless steel, also called stainless steel and is therefore used in the preparation of alloys. The Russia is the third producer in the world, the first is Indonesia and the second is the Philippines. The chemical element is found mainly in the soil.
The steel it is used inbuilding / construction, infrastructure, railway industry, in cars, in the construction of platforms and drills, in the construction of extraction plants, in pipes for the chemical and oil industry, in the construction of power plants, etc. The main producing countries in the world are: China, Japan, India, USA, Russia and South Korea.
Aluminum it is used both in its pure state and in alloys which forms with low percentages of copper, manganese, magnesium and other components. Each alloy has specific properties that make it suitable for engine heads, bicycles, airplanes, boats, power lines, packaging, constructions, radiators, thermal insulators, appliances, computers, etc. The main world producers are: China, Russia, India, Canada, United Arab Emirates and Australia.
The corn: from the processing of this product we obtain, in particular, polenta, pop corn, corn oil, etc. It is also used as a food for chickens, pigs and dairy cows. The main producing countries in the world are: USA, China, Brazil, Argentina and Ukraine.
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Wheat, from the transformation of this product it is obtained, in particular, flour, bread and pasta. The main producing countries in the world are: China, India, Russia, USA and Canada.
Soybean meal it is particularly suitable for the preparation dleavened and unleavened doughs, sweet and savory, such as bread, pizza, croissants and brioches. It is also used as a protein supplement in livestock feed (cattle, pigs and poultry). The largest producers of soybeans in the world are: USA, Brazil, Argentina, China, India and Paraguay.