31.   Earlier Monday, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported that Toyota would suffer a sizeable output cut for at least a week.

32.   European Union officials said recently they hope that world steel makers can agree to concerted output cuts to avoid a dispute with the United States.

33.   Elsewhere, dealers said miners and refiners of major nonferrous metals are unlikely to reverse output cuts, despite a sharp leap in prices in recent months.

34.   The price of oil fell in early deals here as exporter group OPEC called a special meeting next week to discuss delaying an output cut.

35.   They also said miners and refiners of major nonferrous metals are unlikely to reverse output cuts, despite a sharp leap in prices in recent months.

36.   It warned that the oil supply would become tight, and the market unstable, if OPEC decides to maintain an output cut agreed last December.

37.   Less than a month ago, the EU executive had refused to accept these output cuts unless they resulted from plant closures.

38.   Meanwhile the strike, which has forced lay-offs and output cuts at major factories and severely disrupted agricultural deliveries, continued Saturday with truckers blocking key routes.

39.   Meanwhile the strike, which has forced lay-offs and output cuts at major factories and severely disrupted agricultural supplies, continued Saturday with truckers blocking key routes.

40.   Oil prices turned up on Friday in largely technical trading, with few signs of a breakthrough from global producers mulling another large output cut.