French-English translations for matière première

raw materialInformation will be the raw material. Mais l'information n'est que la matière première. Petroleum is the raw material refined into various fuels and needed for countless chemicalsThe assembly plants raw materials are finished parts from Asian suppliers.
commodityThe price of crude oil is determined in continuous trading between professional players in Worlds many commodities exchangesAlthough they were once in the forefront of consumer electronics, the calculators have become a mere commodity

feedstockBio-materials may be substituted for petrochemical feedstocks as petroleum prices rise.The filtered extract of the mash is the feedstock for the fermenter.

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