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Iron ore shipments to China from Australia’s Port Hedland terminal, the
world’s biggest iron ore port, dropped by 1% to 39.74 million tons in
September from 40.16 million tons in August, port data showed on
Saturday.
Overall iron ore shipments totaled at 45.57 million tons in September,
down 1% from 46.07 million tons in August.
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.
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in tonnes |
Iron Ore |
Manganese Ore |
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Australia |
141,800 |
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China |
39,742,384 |
103,000 |
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Indonesia |
509,120 |
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Japan |
1,161,311 |
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Korea, Republic of |
3,349,303 |
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Taiwan, Province of China |
595,264 |
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Viet Nam |
71,232 |
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Total |
45,570,414 |
103,000 |
(To contact the reporter on this story: cody.wang@steelhome.cn or 86-555-2238837 18725550282) |
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