Four-Month High for Port Hedland Iron Ore Exports

Iron Ore

Iron ore exports from Port Hedland rose by 4.6 Mt year-on-year in April to a year to date high of 42.3 Mt as shipments to China, Japan and South Korea increased, port authority data show.  Despite declining in February and March, exports of iron ore from the port have now seen annual growth of 9.7 Mt in the first four months of the year to 157.4 Mt.