In December 2017 Kazakhstan produced 0.424 million tons of steel, up by 13.9% YoY and by 2.2% MoM. In 2017 steel manufacture totaled 4.663 million tons, up by 9.4% YoY.
Ferroalloys output increased by 6.6% YoY in 2017, to 1.948 million tons. In December 2017 output grew by 5.2% MoM and by 6.1% YoY, to 0.173 million tons.
Raw copper manufacture totaled 0.426 million tons, up by 4.2% YoY.
Zinc production increased by 1% in 2017, to 0.329 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)