Last week, for instance, RBC Capital Markets analyst Mahesh Sanganeria sent a note to clients reporting that the December quarter forecast for the iPad had increased but that the forecast for production for 2011 remains about 40 million units.
The company also cut its mobile phone unit production forecast to 11.5% growth from 12.9%.
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Being able to forecast solar energy production is crucial for maintaining the health of an electric grid.
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Newcrest Mining declined 3.2% after the gold miner cut its annual production forecast.
In fact, General Motors recently confirmed that it had revised its production forecast for 2002 up from 5.1m to 5.4m vehicles.
Unfortunately, consensus expectations were based on the 45-50 million Q4 production forecast that we and others had been seeing for some time.
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Barrick Gold narrowed its gold production forecast for this fiscal year to 7.3 to 7.5 million ounces, lowering its top estimate from 7.8 million.
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In 2007, energy watchdog Energy Information Administration (EIA) sharply reduced its forecast for oil production in Mexico because of far higher decline rates than anticipated.
Oct. 8: For a second month running, the Agriculture Department cut its forecast for US corn production.
Likewise, the United Nations just revised its forecast for global wheat production.
Rio Tinto ( RTP - news - people ) increased its forecast for iron ore production on the back of strong demand from China.
Tablet production is now forecast at 107 million units, down from 110 million, though still up 63% from a year ago.
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Barclays forecast below-consensus industrial production growth of 9.6 percent y-o-y for July, slightly up from the 9.5 percent in the second quarter.
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The company announced last month that full-year 2012 output was 105, 050 gold-equivalent ounces, with production in 2013 forecast to grow by 24% to 130, 000 gold-equivalent ounces.
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In an earlier report German industrial production jumped more than forecast in March when it rose 0.7% on the month leaving it 11.2% higher year-on-year.
Indonesia's production this year is forecast to be around 230m tonnes.
Ali Rodriguez, the oil cartel's secretary-general, said on Monday there was "almost a conviction" among its members to cut production ahead of a forecast drop in demand in the second quarter of the year.
Deep-water drilling was supposed to hold off the effects of a decline in world oil production that began in 2005 and is forecast to continue unabated through the rest of this century, just as several billion Chinese and Indians go on an energy consumption spree.
Although production in the next two years is forecast to be lower than the average achieved over the last five years, it is expected to return to higher levels as the mine transitions to higher grade, but lower carat value, ore from the Misery and Pigeon open pits.
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In its September Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook, the USDA notes an overall milk production reduction for 2012 based on a lower forecast for milk yield per cow.
As a result of this deliberate ramp and the utilization of a portion of our manufacturing capacity for non-revenue generating production, we are adjusting our full year revenue forecast.
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Based on the predicted increase in iron ore production for Cliffs for the rest of the Trefis forecast period, we expect an upside of more than 10% to our initial share price for Cliffs.
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The stock has dropped 30% since the company cut its 2002 earnings forecast due to the drought's impact on its hydroelectric production, but Conrad says the company's cost cutting will make up for lost revenue.
In 2013, the year production is due to begin in earnest at OT, it is forecast to reach 22.9%.
Our base estimates project that the production cost of solar cells for SunPower will steadily decline through our forecast period.
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Production is trending that way, but 8 years is a long time to forecast, and long-term forecasts are fraught with peril.
Officials claim that the economy grew by 6% in the first half of this year, thanks mainly to high sugar production and tourism, and that growth for the year will outstrip their previous forecast of 2.5%.
While we cannot forecast with certainty the duration of the energy crisis in Thailand or its actual impact on production capacity, we can recommend some proactive steps that companies should take to better prepare themselves and their suppliers for these types of disruptions in the future.
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In September, Agnico-Eagle approved the development and construction of the La India mine project in Sonora, Mexico, with commercial production expected in the second half of 2014, with a mine life of eight years forecast.
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