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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Port Hedland iron ore shipments rise 9pct in December

Tuesday, 10 Jan 2012

Dow Jones quoted data released by the Port Hedland Port Authority showed that iron ore shipments from Australia Port Hedland rose to 21.4 million tonnes in December an increase of 8.6% from 19.7 million tons in November.

Shipments to China rose to 16.6 million tons in December up by 12.9% from 14.7 million tons from November.

Port Hedland is BHP Billiton main Australian iron ore port. Smaller miners Fortescue Metals Group and Atlas Iron also use it.

(Sourced from Dow Jones)

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