22 Feb 2021 - 8:33 The Peninsula Doha: Qatar’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) for December 2020 stood at 100.7 points, showing an increase of 10.4 percent compared to the previous month (November 2020). When compared on year-on-year basis, the IPI index has decreased by 5.7 percent compared to the corresponding month in 2019, data released by the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) show. The index of Mining sector showed an increase by 12.0 percent compared to the previous month (November 2020), as a result of the increase in the quantities of “crude oil petroleum and natural gas” by 12.0 percent, while “Other mining and quarrying” also showed an increase by 3.8 percent. When compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (December 2019), the IPI of Mining decreased by 6.3 percent.