According to the data released by the Republic of
Kazakhstan's Agency of Statistics, in January this year
Kazakhstan registered a 41.7 percent increase year on year in its
crude steel production and a 27.7 percent year-on-year growth in its
production of flat rolled steel, rising to 413,083 mt and 271,795 mt respectively. Meanwhile,
Kazakhstan's tinplate
production for the first month of this year amounted to 19,810 mt - up 14.8 percent year on year.
In January,
Kazakhstan's output of ferroalloys went down by 2.4 percent year on year to 144,685 mt, its sintered and non-sintered
iron ore output dropped by 1.3 percent to 1.947 million mt, while its
iron ore pellet
production went up by 1.4 percent to 794,100 mt, all compared to the same month last year. The country's coal output in January this year increased by 21 percent year on year to 11.13 million mt, while its coke output went up 9.9 percent year on year to 238,500 mt.