«In the past when we would contact an individual company they would say we only have 10 per
cent of the production in that factory, we don't have much leverage.
Not exact matches
In a move likely aimed at appeasing competition regulators, the mining companies scrapped plans to jointly market up to 15 per
cent of production from their Pilbara operations.
Its crude oil
production in the Atlantic region fell by about 14 per
cent due to the 10 - day suspension
of its SeaRose floating
production, storage and offloading vessel
in January after an investigation into its response to a close call with an iceberg.
Continental posted net income
of $ 233.9 million, or 63
cents per share, compared with $ 469,000, or less than a penny per share,
in the year - ago quarter, when oil prices plummeted - and the company's
production costs were higher.
Consider that under the proposed deal multinational aerospace giant Airbus will take a 50.01 per
cent stake
in Bombardier's C Series project and move some
of the
production to a plant
in Alabama.
It said
production in the three months ended March 31 fell by about 10 per
cent to 300,400 boe / d compared to the first quarter
of 2017.
The U.S. has proposed a more flexible formula for ensuring
production in the U.S., rather than a hard rule demanding 50 per
cent of every car to have American content.
The company will invest 90 per
cent of its 2018 capital budget
of between $ 535 million and $ 585 million
in the United States, most
in North Dakota Bakken light oil wells, where
production is expected to grow by 30 per
cent.
Gold and nickel producer Independence Group has raised its full - year profit by 60.7 per
cent to $ 46.6 million on the back
of the
production commencement at Tropicana and an improved nickel price
in the second half
of the year.
Gold and nickel producer Independence Group has posted a 264 per
cent increase
in profit for the six months to December, on the back
of increased
production from its Jaguar and Tropicana operations and at lower costs.
The share price
of mining junior Batavia Mining Ltd has more than doubled
in the first few days
of 2006 on a 140 per
cent gold resource upgrade that could bring its Gullewa copper gold project
in Western Australia back
in production within a year.
Magna's fourth - quarter sales rose 12.3 per
cent to $ 10.4 billion, as light vehicle
production rose seven per
cent in Europe and five per
cent in North America during the last quarter
of 2017.
Cenovus reported fourth - quarter net income
of $ 620 million or 50
cents per share on Thursday, well ahead
of $ 91 million, or 11
cents per share,
in the year - earlier period, thanks to better refinery profits, stronger oil prices and
production that almost doubled after it bought out its oilsands partner, Houston - based ConocoPhillips, last year.
There is an entire group
of industries like wool, silk, cotton, and rayon weaving when the Jewish interest
in production is small, being 5 to 10 per
cent in wool (for example, L. Bachmann
of Uxbridge Worsted, Austin T. Levy
of Stillwater Worsted, and Allen and Bernard Goldfine), 15 per
cent in silk (for example, Hess, Goldsmith & Co., David Silks, Inc., Widder Bros.), 5 per
cent in cotton (the Cone family
of North Carolina, Sigmund Odenheimer
of New Orleans, Elias Reiss
of New York), and 16 per
cent in rayon - yarn
production (Industrial Rayon and Celanese Corp.) But
in these same industries the Jewish interest
in distribution is large, half the wool sales agents and jobbers, three - quarters
of the silk converters, and three - quarters
of the cotton converters being Jews.
Canadian Natural
production averaged a record 1.02 million barrels
of oil equivalent per day
in the fourth quarter, a 19 per
cent increase from the year - earlier period, as it ramped up the latest expansion
of its Horizon oilsands mining and upgrading project.
Musk's latest noisy antics sank Tesla's stock nearly 7 per
cent in New York on Thursday (Friday AEST), as investors fretted about the billionaire innovator's failure to address Tesla's high debt and under shooting
of car
production targets.
There we can see the sharp drop
in oil and gas output, which constitutes 10 per
cent of our economy, and the slowdown
in non-energy commodity
production, which represents a further 8 per
cent.
Production is running at record levels
in the financial year to date and BHP produced 58 million tonnes
of iron ore during the quarter, up 8 per
cent on the previous corresponding period.
The Star reports Tuesday that BlackBerry has cut its smartphone
production by another 10 per
cent on top
of a 50 per
cent drop
in June that lowered output to one million units a month.
The value
of exports rose by around 2 3/4 per
cent in the March quarter, reflecting a strong pick - up
in the volume
of rural exports, as farm
production recovers from the effects
of the drought.
Growth
in industrial
production has slowed gradually but remains strong;
production expanded by 14.4 per
cent over the year to December, down from a peak
of 19.4 per
cent in March.
At the same time, the company's oil and gas
production dropped 10 per
cent to 300,000 barrels
of oil equivalent per day
in the quarter from 334,000 barrels
of oil equivalent per day last year.
Additional uncertainty
in these calculations arises from the assumption that a 10 per
cent GST has the same effect on the retail price as a 10 per
cent WST, even though the WST is levied at an earlier stage
of production and therefore represents a smaller amount
of tax for a given tax rate.
The upturn
in global electronics demand has also aided the recovery
in Asian exports — particularly
in South Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan, where electronics account for 20 — 30 per
cent of production and 30 — 50 per
cent of exports.
Domestically sourced inflation was a little stronger
in the March quarter, with domestic inflation at the final stage
of production rising to 4.1 per
cent in year - ended terms.
There has also been a slowing
in industrial
production; year - ended growth fell from around 3 per
cent in the middle
of the year to 0.7 per
cent in November, reflecting falls
in German and Italian
production.
Following an increase
in wheat
production in 1998/99
of nearly 9 per
cent, the Australian Bureau
of Agricultural and Resource Economics expects to see a further rise
in 1999/2000
of around 4 per
cent, reflecting an increase
in the area planted and favourable seasonal conditions.
Although there is substantial uncertainty over the timing and size
of expansions, the analysis suggests that new capacity coming on stream between mid 2004 and 2007 would imply an increase
in overall
production of around 28 per
cent from the levels
of 2003/04, corresponding to annual growth
of about 9 per
cent.
The
production measure
of GDP increased by 0.2 per
cent in the June quarter and by 4.2 per
cent over the year to the June quarter.
New Democrat Leader John Horgan explains how the Liberal government promised the cleanest liquefied natural gas industry
in the world, but are ignoring 70 per
cent of the greenhouse gas emissions from the
production.
At the final stage
of production, construction costs continued to contribute significantly to price inflation, rising by 2.4 per
cent in the quarter and by 8.2 per
cent over the year.
Sales
of motor vehicles and parts were down 7.0 per
cent compared to August as
production began to wind down
in advance
of planned facility closures.
Deteriorating grades meant Galaxy had to mine 32 per
cent more ore during the quarter and increase processing volumes by 3 per
cent; yet
production of spodumene concentrate was still 16 per
cent lower than
in the previous quarter.
Avista owns a 15 - per -
cent - stake
in two
of the four units at the Colstrip plant
in Montana — a major coal - mining state — and plans to use them for electricity
production until 2035, said a spokesperson for the company that also operates hydroelectric dams, natural gas and biomass generating plants and wind turbines.
Rio lifted shipments
of iron ore from its flagship Pilbara operations by 5 per
cent in the March quarter, while bauxite and copper
production also jumped.
Base metal prices have followed a similar pattern this year, rising by 15 per
cent in the first three months
of the year, supported by strengthening world industrial
production.
More recently, manufacturing output has continued to grow strongly, but shortages
of coal have restrained output
in energy - intensive sectors so that growth
in total industrial
production slowed to 5 per
cent over the year to February.
To put that deposit
in perspective, 3,000 ounces
of gold represents 1.4 per
cent of the 209,000 ounces
of gold Goldcorp produced from its Red Lake mines complex
in 2017, and an even smaller 0.12 per
cent of its estimated total gold
production last year
of 2.6 million ounces.
Wool prices have continued to fall sharply, and are now 18.5 per
cent below levels
of a year ago
in Australian dollar terms, inducing some wool producers to switch to prime lamb
production.
The ABS is currently projecting an increase
in production of nearly 40 per
cent over the year to June 2004 (and a 28 per
cent rise
in 2003/04 as a whole), due almost entirely to a rebound
in winter crop
production (Graph 35).
Growth
in industrial
production in the region slowed to a rate
of 7 per
cent in late 1996, down from a peak
of 14 per
cent in 1994.
The impact
of the ITC downturn is even more evident
in the
production data, where growth has slowed to a year - ended pace
of around 3 1/2 per
cent, as firms cut back ITC
production in order to rein
in inventories.
The Australian Bureau
of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) expects summer crop
production to grow by 13 per
cent in 2004/05, which should support cereals exports
in coming quarters.
He highlighted that more than 60 per
cent of Balama's future
production was not yet contracted under a binding offtake contract, and a possible risk that graphite could be replaced
in battery anodes by silicon.
The stock has lost 60 per
cent of its value over that time, despite the fact first
production from the Balama mine
in Mozambique is now just months away
in August.
It is likely these projects will be built, and with them there will be a 13 per
cent surplus
of export pipeline capacity, without the Trans Mountain project, when western Canadian oil
production peaks
in the 2025 timeframe.
The agency said that with the number
of rigs running
in the US plunging by 60 per
cent in response to lower oil prices, US shale oil
production had «buckled»
in April, «bringing a multiyear winning streak to an apparent close».
The prices have also been pushed northwards by a 3 per
cent dip
in New Zealand dairy
production, which accounts for 23 per
cent of the global cheese exports.
«Dairy exports have decreased from 50 per
cent of milk
production [worth around $ 5 billion per annum] to around 25 per
cent, so this newest cull could result
in the complete collapse
of Australia's export industry.»
Production of cotton has ramped up
in Australia with the number
of bales rising to 3.8 million
in 2016 - 17 from 2.7 million and the area
of land planted to cotton increased 80 per
cent to 473,000 hectares over that time, according to Cotton Australia.