Record Port Hedland Iron Ore Shipments in May

Iron Ore

A second successive month of strong annual growth saw iron ore exports from Port Hedland climb to an all-time high of 44.1 Mt in May, up by 4.7 Mt year-on-year, primarily on higher shipments to China, according to port authority data. Port Hedland exported 201.4 Mt of iron ore in the first five months of the year, up from 187.0 Mt in the same period last year.