1.   Anglo recently merged all of its operations in platinum, where it also ranks first in global output.

2.   As a result, soybean markets are watching any changes in potential global output.

3.   At the same time, global copper output is booming.

4.   After all, if cheap labor guaranteed economic success, nations such as Bangladesh or Mozambique would dominate global output.

5.   Copper fell as global output outpaces demand from manufacturers.

6.   Even so, global copper output will probably rise this year as projects financed two or more years ago come on line, analysts said.

7.   He reasoned that if global output shrunk, aluminum prices would rise.

8.   However, what happens in America, which accounts for a fifth of global output, remains critical.

9.   In the next few decades, unless Japan somehow manages to arrest current trends, it may find that its share of global economic output has shrunk considerably.

10.   More importantly, trade growth is expected to lag behind global output during the current recovery.