Australia’s Port Hedland iron ore shipments to China jump 14 pct in Dec

Iron-ore shipments to China from Australia’s Port Hedland terminal rose 14% in December from a month earlier, port data released on Thursday showed.

Iron ore shipments to China from the world’s biggest iron ore port totalled 37.4-million tonnes in December, compared with November’s 32.9-million tonnes, the Pilbara Ports Authority said.