Vale iron-ore output rose 8% in fourth quarter

Anticipation of output of mines

[Ferro-Alloys.com] TAIPEI: The trade statistics released by the Taiwan’s Directorate General of Customs for the month of August 2016 indicates significant increase in iron ore imports by the country. However, the imports during the initial eight-month period ...

China's Iron Ore Import Volumes in 2014

According to statistics, China’s iron ore imports totaled 74.57 million tons in June, increasing by 19.7% or 12.27 million tons year on year.

According to statistic of China Customs, China totally imported 382.66 million tons of iron ore, up by 19% Y-O-Y through May, and import 77.38 million tons of iron ore in May, up by 12.9% Y-O-Y.

Iron ore exports to China from Australia's Port Hedland, which accounts for about a fifth of the globally traded market, rose by 3.5 percent in May, from April, to reach another record.

A plunge in the price of iron ore has prompted Citi to downgrade its expectations the earnings of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto this year