We expect strong results on account of high commodity prices and stable production during the period.
Others are more debatable: flawed trade policies, increased biofuel production and commodity speculation.
Similarly to 1929, industrial production and commodity prices are falling.
That and other factors may help explain why there is a seeming disconnect between commodity prices and many industrial production statistics, on the one hand, and the numbers for the growth of the economy as a whole on the other.
This strategy insulated JSPL from price volatility in commodity markets, thus bringing down production costs and boosting profitability.
Time tested economic theory tells us that in a free, unfettered market not constrained by onerous barriers to entry, the long term price of a commodity will approach its marginal cost of production.
Three is the uncertainty of inflation and commodity prices that determine the cost of food production.
Another is the uncertainty of inflation and commodity prices that determine the cost of food production.
The rich world food production systems depend upon the agricultural commodity giants like Cargill, ADM, Bunge and Dreyfus.
Determining the actual marginal cost of production is somewhat tricky since the commodity is priced globally in dollars, but the bottom lines for South African mining companies are ultimately determined by the price they receive in South African rand, with their expenses also paid in rand.
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Globalised production lines, globalised labour markets, commodity markets, culture - all this acts like social superglue preventing any politician from even contemplating an overt protectionist or state-capitalist response.
Clearly, mining production and production growth can overwhelm the odds even in a commodity bear market.
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Agricultural commodity producers should be supported to diversify and scale up their production.
Platinum is likely approaching the so-called marginal cost of production, which can trigger output cuts in any commodity, said David Wilson, director of metals research at Societe Generale.
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We have the potential to be a global center for the production of clean, renewable electricity a commodity that is certain to be in high demand in the decades to come.
Since then, industrialised economies have reduced their dependence on oil, but it is still a crucial commodity, and OPEC still accounts for around 40% of world oil production.
Sharp declines in commodity prices and demand for metals have led Kazakhstan's big mining companies to cut production and send thousands of workers on leave at half-pay.
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China's 2010 gold production is expected at about 350 metric tons, according to Standard Bank head of commodity strategy Walter de Wet.
Not only is the Brazilian real weakening, the long term commodity trend in the U.S. is for higher corn prices on account of ethanol production.
The reasons are many, with the largest ones being the long lag time to production, environmental concerns and political risks, as well as the fact that increased commodity costs means higher capital costs required to explore and develop mines.
They mostly remain convinced that the problem is only temporary, that the economic reports are coming in worse than their forecasts only because they under-estimated the effect the surge in energy and commodity prices would have on consumer spending, and the effect the Japanese earthquake would have on auto and technology production.
Perhaps no other industry or commodity embodies the best of what modern technology has to offer better than the processes deployed during the exploration for and production of oil.
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