Monthly growth was driven by the mining industry, which posted 1.6% growth, whereas the utilities sector declined 1.2% and manufacturing declined 0.3%.
Compared with November 2015, industrial output grew 1.5%, with 4.2% growth in the manufacturing sector. On the other hand, mining dropped 7.4% and the utilities sector dropped 1.8%.
In the January-November period, the country’s seasonally-adjusted industrial output was 0.4% higher compared with the same period last year, as manufacturing grew 3.4%. Mining fell 16.5% on the year and the utilities sector fell 2.6%.
In unadjusted data, industrial output grew 1.5% on the month in November, was 5.3% higher compared with November 2015, while industrial output in January-November grew an annual 1.6%, the data showed.