In September this year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland amounted to 36.34 million metric tons, decreasing by 2.8 percent compared to the previous volume in August and up 25.5 percent year on year.
According to the information released by Port Hedland Port Authority, in September iron ore shipments made from Port Hedland to China amounted to 29.77 million metric tons, decreasing by seven percent compared to August and up 29.6 percent compared to the same month of 2013. Japan and South Korea followed China in September this year, receiving 2.8 million mt and 2.76 million mt respectively.
Port Hedland handles production from mines owned by BHP Billiton, Atlas Iron and Fortescue Metals Group in the iron ore-rich Pilbara region of Western Australia.