11:07, 06 February 2014 | GMT +5
Kazakhstan machinery industry experiencing rapid growth
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - In 2013, Kazakhstan's machinery industry reported a rapid upsurge, Minister of Industry and New Technologies Mr. Asset Issekeshev said on Thursday.

"The entire industry went through some tough times past year, especially the mining and smelting sector. It happened amid slump in the global metallurgy output," Minister Issekeshev noted at the meeting of the ministry chaired by Prime Minister of the country Serik Akhmetov.
Industrial production growth in Kazakhstan made 2.3%: mining industry grew by 3.1%, processing - by 1.6%. Kazakhstan's machinery industry recorded a dramatic increase in production by 114.6%.
38 000 vehicles and 922 buses were produced last year.