Last year Kazakhstan increased ferrous metals output by 37.8% YoY, to 1.55 trillion tenge.
Karaganda region (42.3%), Pavlodar region (31.5%) and Aktyubinsk region (19.1%) accounted for the most part of the output.
Flat rolled metal output grew by 2.2% YoY, ferroalloys – by 7.2%, raw steel – by 9.4%, alloyed steel rods – by 26.2%, unalloyed steel sections and angles – more than 3.1-fold.
Ferroalloys exports increased by 4.2% in tons and by 57.5% in cost, flat rolled metal – by 10.5% and 44.1%, ferrous scrap – by 10.5 and 88.3% respectively. (Ukrainian metal)