61.   However Todoran said the production cutback would not begin to bite before Monday night or Tuesday morning because energy was still available from sources not controlled by the strikes.

62.   Corus said that due to production cutbacks around the world, it had been possible to introduce higher prices in the first quarter.

63.   Production cutbacks have been slower than promised, especially since US supplies of primary aluminium are tight, dealers said.

64.   Slack demand has since hit semiconductor and disk-drive firms, resulting in production cutbacks, inventory writedowns and layoffs.

65.   The cyclical slowdown after a four-year boom has forced production cutbacks, inventory writedowns, closures and layoffs amid falling corporate profits in electronics-sensitive economies.