Australian seaports are preparing to approach a tropical cyclone threatening to develop into a hurricane of the fourth category. The ports of the Pilbar region, which are the main terminals for the shipment of iron ore from Australia to China and around the world today were closed to prepare for natural disasters.
As stated in Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton ports in Pilbar provide half of the world supplies of steel raw materials. At the moment, meteorologists report that bad weather will be rampant in the region at least before Wednesday, and the wind speed will reach 280 km/h.
Port Chedland, the main terminal that exported iron ore raw materials is closed, and all the vessels there were sent to the open sea to prepare for the hurricane, the press secretary of the port of Steid Farrell reports. Port-dampier is expected to be closed tonight.
BHP reports that they are fully controlled by events. The Rio representative said that the last two vessels managed to boot in Helland yesterday and went to China.
Recall that the cyclone of the first category, which fell on Pilbar’s ports in January of this year, caused an iron ore export to fall by 9% and contributed to the increase in sport prices for it by 5.2%. Last week, the prices for iron ore raw materials decreased somewhat and amounted to $ 154/ton, against $ 156/ton a week before last
Hurricane grow will make adjustments to world prices for iron ore raw materials
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Azovpromstal® 25 February 2013 г. 10:40 |
