Ljubljana – Slovenia’s industrial output grew by 1.1% in August compared to the month before, expanding by 8.4% year-on-year, fresh data from the Statistics Office shows. The monthly growth was driven by a 7.2% growth in the electricity, gas and steam supply industry and a 1.2% growth in manufacturing as mining and quarrying contracted by 10.1%. Capital goods industries expanded the most, at the monthly rate of 5.7%, while the output of consumer goods industries fell by 1.9%. Year-on-year, manufacturing posted a 9.8% growth as the output of electricity, gas,…
