Lonmin, which has all its mining operations in South Africa, is the world's third-largest producer of platinum.

On the chemicals side, the successor company would have combined sales of $13 billion and be the world's third-largest producer.

P.&G. is the third-largest producer in a $3 billion orange-juice market.

China is the world's third-largest producer of ethanol, after Brazil and the United States.

Indonesia is currently the third-largest producer of rice in the world.

New York is the third-largest producer of dairy products in the nation, after California and Wisconsin.

Cemex, the third-largest producer of cement in the world, has been a good market performer.

The company is the third-largest producer of uranium in the world.

In 2009 the company was the third-largest producer (by revenue) of gas and diesel engines.

China is the third-largest producer of wool.