1.   And a big drop could prompt some producers to shut higher-cost mines and slow expansion plans.

2.   He insisted that the company, which he said enjoyed healthy sales in the holiday season, would continue its expansion plans.

3.   He listed a number of high-tech firms that have recently moved in or announced expansion plans.

4.   Just two weeks after Staples announced plans to buy Office Depot, OfficeMax accelerated its expansion plans to better compete against its beefed-up rival.

5.   Less than two weeks before the two companies announced their merger last September, OfficeMax announced accelerated expansion plans to compete with the beefed-up Staples.

6.   Now it must warn investors in SEC filings that interest expense is eating into its cash and that the high debt could upset its expansion plans.

7.   Reduced production also is buoying prices as some gold mining companies scale back operations or expansion plans because of the lower prices, analysts said.

8.   The union supports the expansion plans, said union secretary Gabriel Moreta.

9.   They need the money to repay debt stemming from a borrowing binge earlier in the decade when ambitious expansion plans overruled common sense.

10.   An Asian ambassador expressed skepticism that the expansion plan would win General Assembly approval because of rivalries among the developing countries over who would get the seats.