Port Hedland January Iron Ore Shipments 15.06 Million Tons
- PERTH -(Dow Jones)- The Port Hedland Port Authority shipped 15.06 million metric tons of iron ore in January, according to an update on its Web site Wednesday. Exports were up 1.3% from December's 14.87 million tons, it said. It didn't provide individual breakdowns for major port users BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (FMG.AU). Exports to China, the world's biggest iron ore importer, fell 1.2% to 11.04 million tons in January from December. Port Hedland is BHP's main Australian iron ore port. BHP is seeking a production joint venture with Rio Tinto PLC (RTP), which exports iron ore from Dampier and Cape Lambert. -By Stephen Bell, contributing to Dow Jones Newswires; 61-8-9244-4243; sgbell@bigpond.com Click here to go to Dow Jones NewsPlus, a web front page of today's most important business and market news, analysis and commentary: http://www.djnewsplus.com/access/al?rnd=1aKaQg3%2B9S6okK8%2FkUnkbA%3D%3D. You can use this link on the day this article is published and the following day.
