According to statistics from the Pilbara Ports Authority, the iron ore exports in Port Hedland, one of the major iron ore exporting ports in Western Australia, totaled around 49.49 million tons in October, rising by 1.9% compared to the previous month and by 8.6% from the same month a year ago.

Among them, shipments to China totaled about 42.2 million tons, a month-on-month increase of 0.6% and a year-on-year growth of 7.3%. South Korea was the second largest recipient with about 3.6 million tons, followed by Japan’s 2 million tons.