break even

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The mine’s break-even point of $1,291 an ounce is lower than many of South Africa’s big mines, which typically operate deeper underground in more challenging conditions.

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Our car’s $3,370 premium over the standard Sport has a break-even of about 1,000 gallons of gas, left unbought and unburned.

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It also expects a non-IFRS operating loss of around 1 billion euros, compared with roughly break-even previously.

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It also expects a non-IFRS operating loss of around €1 billion, compared with roughly break-even result previously.

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Entering this year both corn and soybeans remain “significantly below break-even prices” for farmers, said Scott Metzger, president of the American Soybean Association and a sixth-generation farmer in Williamsport, Ohio.

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