According to the data released by the Republic of
Kazakhstan's Agency of Statistics, in the first 11 months of this year the country registered a 5.7 percent increase year on year in its
crude steel production but a 2.6 percent year-on-year decrease in its
production of flat rolled steel, to 3.97 million mt and 2.66 million mt respectively. Meanwhile, the country's tinplate
production for the given period amounted to 183,130 mt - up 1.6 percent, and its
galvanized steel output amounted to 544,880 mt - up 3.1 percent, both compared to January-November 2009
In January-November this year,
Kazakhstan's output of ferroalloys increased by 20.3 percent year on year to about 1.59 million mt, while its
iron ore pellet
production went up by 34.5 percent to 7.316 million mt, both compared to the same period last year. The country's coal output during the first 11 months of this year increased by 9.25 percent year on year to about 99 million mt, while its coke output went down 0.66 percent year on year to 2.46 million mt.