The newly acquired mines are ramping up to their full production capacity of 8 million tons of iron ore.
FORBES: Cliffs Natural Resources Rides Iron Ore Train To $103
In a conversation with a fund manager I explained how many semiconductors (memory chips in particular) are capital-intensive commodities with a 2-year lag from the time a major capital investment is made to when it reaches full production capacity.
By march of 2008 the Kameyama Plant No. 2 will be at full capacity and production 90 sheets a month.
By 2009, there should be 3, 000 workers manning the lines and production should reach full capacity of 300, 000 cars.
BBC: NEWS | Business | Kia investment boosts Slovakian growth
With gold production working at full capacity, combined with the massive outstanding paper gold position, increased demand for physical gold can only be satisfied at much higher prices, which we are likely to see in the next few months.
After spending years closing plants and battling with its U.S. unions to get cost-savings, Ford is adding back production and is running at nearly full capacity, said Jim Tetreault, Ford's North American manufacturing chief.
The high capital depreciation of this equipment must be offset by running it at full capacity, so rather than cut production the market participants lower prices to entice customers away from their competition, creating a downward price spiral.
He recently threatened to expropriate some 700 idle firms, along with more than 1, 000 working below capacity, unless their owners resumed full production.
With full control of its plant in Abu Dhabi, Hilong has an additional drill pipe production capacity of 11, 023 tons, compared with its 44, 753 tons on the mainland.
FORBES: Add Oil! Chinese Drill-Pipe Maker Ventures Into The Middle East
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.
FORBES: A123 Cuts Guidance; Sets $50M Convert Deal; Shrs Off
Elsewhere in semiconductors, Texas Instruments had much of its capacity to make analog chips knocked out with its Miho fab going down until May and full production not likely to resume until July.
FORBES: Japan Outages Serve Up Semiconductor Bargains On A Platter
In December announced that production from its biggest open-pit mines in South Africa and Botswana, which had been running at full capacity, would be reduced until diamond demand recovers.
应用推荐