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Figures for the first week of August

China ups its iron ore imports

by Port News Editorial Staff

Chinese ports handled 15.71 million tonnes of iron ore in the first week of August, accommodating 94 ships. This was announced by the specialist periodical SMM News, which recorded an increase of 3.11 million tonnes compared to the previous week and 2.52 million tonnes compared to the same period last year.

SMM also disclosed  that iron ore deliveries coming from  Australian ports reached 18.63 million tonnes in the same period, up 3.71 million tonnes compared to the same week last year.

Translation by Giles Foster

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