SteelOrbis Shanghai
On the morning of April 20, the first cargo of high quality Hope Downs iron ore from Australia, consisting of 170,000 mt, was unloaded at the northeastern Chinese port of Dalian. On the same day over 200 guests, including top management from Rio Tinto mining group and from Anshan Iron and Steel Group, as well as domestic and overseas customers, held a celebration in Dalian to mark the maiden voyage of the Hope Downs iron ore to China.
The cargo in question was loaded on April 19 at Dampier port in Australia which is owned by the Rio Tinto mining group. The cargo consisted of 106,583 mt of fine ores and 63,941 mt of Mn ores destined for delivery to Anshan Group.
Dalian port has been in operation since June 2004. Since that time it has handled over 30 million mt of imported iron ores, including over nine million mt from the Rio Tinto mining group, i.e. around 30 percent of the total.