In October this year,
iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland amounted to 37.47 million metric tons, increasing by 3.13 percent compared to September and up 29.5 percent year on year.
According to the information released by Port Hedland Port Authority, in October
iron ore shipments made from Port Hedland to
China amounted to 31.71 million metric tons, increasing by 6.2 percent compared to September and up 25.85 percent compared to the same month of 2013. South
Korea and
Japan followed
China in October this year, receiving 2.35 million mt and 2.2 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.