Energy production increased 6.5% on the month in data adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors, while mining output was up 2.8%, the data showed.
Manufacturing production inched up 1.8% on the month in August.
In annual terms, the country’s adjusted industrial output rose 7.4% in July, again boosted by increases across the board.
Manufacturing output advanced 7.8% on the year, while production in the mining and energy industries rose 6.7% and 4.6%, respectively.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production declined 7.1% on the month in August, on lower manufacturing output, but was up 10.3% compared with the year-ago month.