1.   But the likelihood of an official output increase is diminishing as evidence mounts that prices and demand are easing.

2.   Demand for copper is slowing just as mine output increases.

3.   Predictably, big oil importers are pushing for another large output increase.

4.   Prompting the output increase were surging exports, particularly to North America and Europe.

5.   Outmoded equipment is replaced, output increases, and hygiene and shelf life improve.

6.   As wages for new job entrants fell, corporate profitabilityimproved, enabling output increases as firms expanded capacity orundertook new investments.

7.   But he added that an output increase in September will depend on market conditions.

8.   Oil prices rose on news of no immediate output increases.

9.   OPEC President Ali Rodriguez last week said that the time was not right for new output increases.

10.   Richardson commended the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries for two oil output increases in May and June.