India Steel Market Watch
October 6: Handling of iron ore by Magdalla Port stood at 389,000 tons in August 2015, down 11.39% from 439,000 tons handled in July, as per provisional data available from port sources with ISMW.
The handling of iron ore by the port in August 2014 stood at 497,000 tons, which shows that handling in August this year was down 21.73% on y-o-y basis.
The handling of iron ore by the port during the first five months of 2015-16 (April- August) stood at 2,000,000 while 2,401,000 tons handled in the same period of 2014-15.