According to the data released by the Republic of
Kazakhstan's Agency of Statistics, in 2006 the country registered a 6.8 percent decrease in its crude steel
production, a 3.2 percent decrease in its
production of flat rolled (including a 25.5 percent decrease in
tinplate and a 3.2 percent decrease in
galvanized steel), and a 5.5 percent rise in its ferroalloys
production year on year.
The respective figures in metric tons were 4.17 million, three million (including 165,914 for
tinplate and 860,000 for
galvanized steel), and 14.8 million.