India Steel Market Watch
December 10: Handling of iron ore by Haldia Port stood at 11,000 tons in October 2015, sharply down 88.54% from 96,000 tons handled in September, as per provisional data available with ISMW.
Meanwhile, handling of iron ore by the port in October 2014 stood at 385,000 tons, which shows that handling in October this year was down by a huge 97.14% y-o-y.
Handling of iron ore by the port during the first seven months of 2015-16 (April- October) stood at 869,000 tons against 1,107,000 tons handled in the same period of 2014-15.