Of the company's 55 mines, 29 are losing money or barely profitable.

It was barely profitable, but at the time most tech companies were losing money.

Barely profitable, then, and with the shares, up 16p at 446p, selling on an earnings multiple of above 200 for the current year.

The performance of the company's barely profitable dairies, which made only 7.9 million at the pre-tax level on sales of 1.1 billion, was less inspiring.

Analysts believe that it was barely profitable in the second half after wholesale energy prices surged, tracking record global oil prices of nearly $100 per barrel.

Local governments have used blockades and lawsuits to try to force the partners to sell them a share in the extremely profitable mine.

Coal was nationalised in 1946, and the companies regrouped modernized the more profitable mines.

These ore bodies tend to be compact, fairly uniform plug-like or pipe-like replacements of their host carbonate sequences and as such can be extremely profitable mines.

Burgeoning demand for metal worldwide has switched steel from a buyer's to seller's market and transformed a lame-duck industry into a profitable opportunity.

Businesses are showing by their confidence and intentions that they are uncertain of profitable opportunities now.

Moreover, you need to be close to the market to spot profitable opportunities.

Many international companies are seeking to get out of the region to focus on more profitable opportunities.

He said he was having to turn away construction contracts, allowing the group to concentrate on the most profitable opportunities.

Today the company has $45 million in cash, no debt, several profitable product lines and a revenue target of $26 million for 2003.

It became a fairly profitable product on its own, and was sold widely in stores.

Those that didn't seem likely to ship a profitable product in the near future were at the top of the list.

The second demonstrates the interest of exporting a more profitable product, rather than selling raw material.

However, production has decreased because most states are switching to a more profitable product, palm oil.

It claims that private operators are contributing to decline by cherry-picking the most profitable routes, leaving others with an infrequent service.

These workers fear that over time the busiest and most profitable routes will be transferred to the new recruits, leaving them redundant.

To prevent them cherrypicking the best rush-hour times, each bundle would contain less profitable routes outside peak hours.

Giving train companies more freedom over timetables could mean service cuts, with local or off-peak trains losing out as companies focus on the more profitable routes.

She added, however, that the operators may cherry-pick profitable routes.

Many were pushed to write about business only because it's such a profitable segment for the newspapers.

Refining represented the most profitable segment of silver production.

The incumbent will not do much to retain its share in a not so profitable segment, and will move up-market and focus on its more attractive customers.

You might think that the attraction would still be a profitable venture, but no.

Work done this weekend as a favour for a friend could be the start of a profitable venture.

The film became a blockbuster and was a profitable venture.

Despite a poor initial run at the box office, the film emerged as a profitable venture.

Despite a negative critical reception, the film emerged as a profitable venture.