1.   POLICE are investigating the cause of a fire which badly damaged a large mill last night.

2.   Conagra Inc. said Monday that it did not know when it would reopen its large mill in Atcheson, Kan., which it closed last Wednesday.

3.   It has also put some pulp mills, including a large mill in Brunswick, Ga., up for sale.

4.   Mini-mills generally cost less to operate than large mills, particularly as scrap prices have fallen in recent months.

5.   The growth of mini-mills, which cost less to operate than large mills that process iron ore to make steel, is driving demand for scrap metal.

6.   The lower output was due to problems with a large grinding mill.

7.   They generally cost less to operate than large mills, which process iron to make steel.

8.   They generally cost less to operate than large mills, particularly as scrap metal prices have declined in recent months.

9.   Two large mills operate in Morelos, and many farmers grow sugar cane.