Japanese electric-furnace steelmakers, who complain of scrap-metal shortages, are being forced to cut production.
OPEC's new president, then the cartel will cut production by 500, 000 barrels a day.
First Solar and SunPower both have cut production or suspended plans to build more factories.
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Last week it announced that it would cut production 14% for the first quarter of 2001.
When OPEC last cut production, early in 2007, prices doubled in just over a year.
In the event, oil ministers agreed to cut production by 900, 000 barrels per day from November 1st.
To get there, the startup needs to develop higher-yield algae strains, cut production costs and attract capital.
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Unpaid for years, suppliers refuse government orders on credit, and are having to cut production and their workforces.
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It helps that polluting industries have been ordered to shut down or cut production until the games are over.
The company, which reports earnings along with Ford on Thursday, cut production 10% in March while announcing 1, 500 layoffs.
Local media reports suggest the plant has had to cut production because of a reduction in the timber harvest.
When the recession came, however, businesses cut production, laid off staff, and in some cases plain went out of business.
About 112 million tons of demand were lost during the crisis, so producers were forced to cut production to catch up.
While the company has taken some steps to cut production capacity and reduce costs, further restructuring is needed to restore profits.
As chipmakers further cut production, two new DRAM firms in Taiwan are gearing up to take up any slack that may arise.
At Petroecuador, the state oil company, a lack of investment and other problems have cut production by almost 40% over the last decade.
Firms had cut production to below the level of sales in order to shed excess inventories, so now they need to reopen factories.
Last week, a power outage at the main refinery in Baji, in northern Iraq, cut production from two millions gallons a day to 400, 000.
Supply, meanwhile, continues to outstrip demand, and South African miners are yet to cut production sufficiently to provide sustained support for prices, she said.
And Ford announced it will cut production of its highest-profit vehicles, trucks and SUVs in the third quarter, which will likely further hurt profitability.
It urged the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to cut production quotas in February for fear of a price crash this spring.
Toyota also announced plans on Wednesday to cut production in North America by 70% and to reduce output in China by 50-70%, until 3 June.
Mr Franzia, who anticipated the glut, cut production at his own vineyards and then stepped in to buy the excess grapes at a knock-down price.
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Last month, Corus said it would cut production between October and December by a million tonnes of crude steel - about 20% of its output.
Cheney said OPEC would cut production by 2.1 million barrels a day, boosting the price of world oil and increasing the profits for oil companies.
This prompted TXN to cut production and clear out excess inventory.
Other refineries were forced to cut production owing to supply shortages.
Why cut production when current supply levels are achieving their aim?
In July, Toshiba announced it would cut production due to a glut of NAND chips which has also depressed prices and profits on the global market.
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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