Australia stops iron ore export

At once, the three largest ports of Australia, Cape Lambert, Dampier and Port Hedland, ensuring the shipment of almost the entire export of iron ore were closed today in anticipation of the Hurricane "Christina". The tropical cyclone will reach the Australian coast on Monday evening.

"Christina" accelerated to the second category on the 5th ballroom scale of hurricanes and moves at a speed of 10 km per hour towards Pilbar. “If the cyclone continues to develop at the same speed, then a destructive hurricane with gusts of wind up to 170 km per hour will come on the coast,” says the last news of the day the Australian meteorological bureau.

Three closed for navigation of the port processes more than 500 million tons of ore annually, which almost fully corresponds to the volumes of Australian export of iron ore raw materials.

“Ruda mining and railway communication with ports will work as usual,” Rio Tinto said. BHP and Fortescue said they are preparing to meet a hurricane in accordance with their usual procedures.