According to the data released by the Republic of
Kazakhstan's Agency of Statistics, in 2009 the country registered a 2.3 percent decrease in its crude steel
production but a 5.5 percent increase in its
production of flat rolled steel (including a 10.5 percent growth in
galvanized steel and a 15.5 percent increase in
tinplate), all compared to the data for 2008. The respective figures in metric tons were about 4.15 million and 2.98 million (including 581,600 for
galvanized steel and 201,167 for
tinplate).
In 2009,
Kazakhstan's output of ferroalloys declined by 7.65 percent year on year to 1.47 million mt, its
iron ore pellets
production went down by 11 percent to 6.18 million mt, while its
iron ore production increased by 3.74 percent to about 22.3 million mt, all compared to the data for 2008.