Kazakhstan issues January-August production results

According to the data released by the Republic of Kazakhstan's Agency of Statistics, in the first eight months of this year the country registered a 6.5 percent increase year on year in its crude steel production but a five percent year-on-year decrease in its production of flat rolled steel, to about 2.77 million mt and 1.86 million mt respectively. Meanwhile, the country's tinplate production for the given period amounted to 142,413 mt - up 7.86 percent, and its galvanized steel output amounted to 384,100 mt - up 4.7 percent, both compared to January-August 2009.
 
In January-August this year, Kazakhstan's output of ferroalloys increased by 28.65 percent year on year to 1.155 million mt, its iron ore production increased by 138 percent to 33.4 million mt, while its iron ore pellet production went up by 61.5 percent to about 5.23 million mt, all compared to the same period last year.