Kazakhstan January-March industrial output rose 2.9% on year

    By Nariman Gizitdinov     Kazakhstan’s industrial production grew 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2012 from a year earlier, the state statistics agency said.     Oil output dropped 1.1 percent to 20.1 million metric tons, the agency said in an e-mailed statement today. Production of copper advanced 1.3 percent to 82,900 tons,...