Barring this kind of force majeure, investors expect management teams to be on top of spending.

FORBES: Budget, or Fudge-It?

How important an architect he was, and how much of a force majeure in the art of his time, will be subject to revision by later generations.

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The work stoppage was extended again to Nov.15 and on Wednesday Freeport declared force majeure on shipments of concentrates according to news reports.

FORBES: Freeport Strikes Further Limiting Supply For Copper Market

Mines responsible for between 100 and 140 million tons of annual coking coal production are now under force majeure, representing as much as 40% of global supply.

FORBES: Australian Floods Cause Drought in the Coal Market

It appears to be impossible to foresee all the twists and turns that force majeure or the acts of God may take, and they invariably turn out the disadvantage of the party to the contract whose function is to pay the money.

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Shortly prior to its ceasefire announcement MEND had carried out its boldest attack against Nigeria's oil installations since it launched its campaign of violence in late 2005, when an attack on Shell's Bongo facility, 120km out to sea, forced the Anglo-Dutch major temporarily to halt production equivalent to about 10% of Nigeria's output, and to declare force majeure.

ECONOMIST: A big rebel group in the Niger Delta calls off its ceasefire

At least six major global coal miners have declared force majeure, which means they can miss contractual shipments because of circumstances out of their control.

FORBES: Australian Floods Cause Drought in the Coal Market