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• general economic, business and market conditions in the United States and overseas, including economic instability or a downturn in the markets served by us, such as automotive, electronics, coinage, telecommunications, ammunition and housing;
• the cyclical nature of our operating results;
• competitive pressures affecting selling prices and volumes, particularly changes in electrochemical unit, which we refer to as an ECU, prices from expected levels;
• the supply/demand balance for our products, including the impact of excess industry capacity;
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• loss of key customers or suppliers;
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• higher than expected transportation and/or logistics costs;
• failure to achieve targeted cost reduction programs;
• environmental costs and other expenditures in excess of those projected;
• changes in laws and regulations inside or outside the United States;
• higher than expected interest rates; and
• the occurrence of extraordinary events, such as the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that occurred on September 11, 2001.

All of our forward-looking statements should be considered in light of these factors.