In November of the current year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland fell by 3.04 percent compared to October and were up 29.38 percent year on year, totaling 28.06 million metric tons.

According to the information released by Port Hedland Port Authority, in November iron ore shipments made from Port Hedland to China amounted to 22.32 million metric tons, decreasing by 11.45 percent compared to October and up 38.02 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. South Korea and Japan followed China in November this year, receiving 2.86 million mt and 2.16 million mt respectively.

Port Hedland handles production from mines owned by BHP Billiton, Atlas Iron and Fortescue Metals Group in the iron ore-rich Pilbara region of Western Australia.