Kazakhstan: crude steel production down in Q1 2019
In the first quarter of this year, the production of crude steel in Kazakhstan decreased by 2.7% YoY, to 1.1 million tons. Karaganda region provided 965,000 tons or 85% of the total production, down by 3.7%. Within a general decline in the production of crude steel, the production of unalloyed steel decreased by 2.7%, while…