Kazakhstan: steel output down in August 2018
According to the statistics committee of the Ministry of National Economy, in August Kazakhstan produced 0.374 million tons of steel (0.367 million tons in July), down by 5.2% YoY. In January-August steel manufacture dropped by 0.5%, to 3.061 million tons. Flat rolled metal output grew by 7.1%, to 2.017 million tons, with 0.279 million tons…