11.   All commodity producers have taken their lumps adjusting to a period of low inflation, plentiful supplies and lackluster demand.

12.   Commodity producers fell as copper and gold prices slumped on concern that flagging Asian economies will diminish demand for the metals.

13.   Commodity producers that have high costs are also getting hit, since slower growth in Asia will keep a lid on prices.

14.   Commodity chemicals producers make large quantities of building-block chemicals that are used to make plastics and other products.

15.   Comparisons with year-ago results for commodity chemical producers generally are strong because raw material costs soared during that quarter.

16.   Commodity producers that operate on small margins are finding their profits eroded by foreign competitors.

17.   Commodity producers, though, may suffer from falling prices for years to come, dampening the overall gains in the market, Osborne said.

18.   The notes are privately negotiated debt instruments issued by commodity producers like Exxon and Cargill or financial intermediaries like Goldman, Sachs and American International Group.

19.   This has hurt commodity producers such as Russia, Latin America and Canada.

20.   All commodity producers have been hard hit by slumping prices and overstocks of resources, but BHP appears to have fared much worse than most.