Iron ore shipments to China from Australia’s Port Hedland terminal, the
world’s biggest iron ore port, decreased by 17% to 38.15 million tons in
July from 46.19 million tons in June, port data showed on Thursday.
Overall iron ore shipments totaled at 43.64 million tons in July, down
16% from 51.79 million tons in June.
Port Hedland is used by three of Australia's top four iron ore miners,
BHP Billiton, Fortescue Metals Group and Gina Rinehart's Hancock
Prospecting.
in Tons |
Iron Ore |
Manganese Ore |
China |
38,147,885 |
104,200 |
Hong Kong |
172,603 |
|
Indonesia |
433,534 |
|
Japan |
1,014,272 |
|
Korea, Republic of |
3,210,524 |
|
Philippines |
370,455 |
|
Taiwan, Province of China |
292,324 |
|
Total |
43,641,597 |
104,200 |
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