South Africa said it would reveal its target for renewable-energy production within a few weeks.

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In October, Newmont revised the 2012 gold production target for its Indonesian mine to 71, 000 ounces from 114, 000 ounces guided previously.

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The group plans to build 200, 000 a year, the most ambitious production target so far for a pure-battery car.

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That is equivalent to 7% of Toyota's global production target of 7.7 million units for 2011.

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That has led to the loss of 15, 000 troy ounces of platinum output, an expected 8.5% increase in unit costs for the year and a risk that the company would miss its full-year production target of 750, 000 ounces, Lonmin said.

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If enacted in its current form, Section 621 of this year's Energy bill , by contrast, would allow foreign companies to receive U.S. HEU for use in medical isotope production without having to move toward a low-enriched uranium (LEU) target, even if it is technically feasible for them to do so.

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