India Steel Market Watch
December 28: Handling of manganese ore by Haldia port (Haldia Dock Complex) stood at 87,000 tons in November 2015, showing a fall of 57.35% from 204,000 tons handled in October 2015, as per provisional data from port sources available with ISMW.
However, during the first eight months (April-November) of 2015-16, manganese ore handling by this port stood at 935,000 tons, showing a fall of 13.67% from 1,083,000 tons handled in the same period of 2014-15.
Meanwhile, handling of manganese oreby the port in November 2014 stood at 98,000 tons, which shows that handling was down 11.22% y-o-y.