According to the data released by the Republic of Kazakhstan’s Agency of Statistics, in January to July 2009 the country registered an 18.8% decrease in its crude steel production and a 7.9% decrease in its production of flat rolled steel all compared to the data for January to July 2008. The respective figures in metric tons were 2.230 million and 1.730 million.

During the first seven months of 2009, Kazakhstan output of ferroalloys declined by 24.4%YoY to 762,716 tonnes.

(Sourced from SteelOrbis)
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