In April this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia’s Port Hedland amounted to 75,000 metric tons, down 51.6 percent year on year, according to the monthly data released by the Port Hedland Port Authority.
Meanwhile, in the given month China was the only destination for manganese ore shipments from Port Hedland.
Port Hedland handles production from mines owned by BHP Billiton, Fortescue Metals Group and Atlas Manganese in the manganese ore-rich Pilbara region of Western Australia.