Port Hedland: BHP May Iron Ore Shipments 11.12 Million Tons
June 09 2009 - 3:15AM
Dow Jones News
Global miner BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP.AU) shipped 11.12 million
metric tons of iron ore out of its key Western Australian state
port in May, according to the Port Hedland Port Authority
website.
In the same month, competitor Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.
(FMG.AU) shipped 2.27 million tons, the Authority said Tuesday.
The total shipments from the Port were 13.39 million tons, up
18% on the 11.33 million tons exported in April, and also well up
on year-ago shipments, in May 2008, of 11.79 million tons.
At the peak of the China-driven boom, in June 2008, BHP alone
shipped 12.26 million tons out of Port Hedland.
-By Stephen Bell, contributing to Dow Jones Newswires;
61-8-9244-4243; sgbell@bigpond.com