Growth in industrial output of Kazakhstan in January-February, 2000 - 14.8%

/IRBIS, March 13,00/ - REUTERS informs, with the reference to public relations department of the prime-minister, that growth in industrial output of Kazakhstan in January-February, 2000 reached 14.8% against comparable period of 1999. The press-release reads that the results of the country's industry in January- February have been summarized and that the data of the Statistics agency has shown 14.8% growth in January-February. It is said growth in industrial output was due to increases in mining industry by 24.5%, in processing industry by 16.8%, and in production of electric power and gas. Growth in mining industry was caused by 2.6 time increase in iron ore extraction, 1.4 time in natural gas production, 1.3 time in coal, and 1.2 time in non-ferrous metals, crude oil and by-gas production.