A total of 84 vessels carrying 12.84 million mt of iron ore arrived at major Chinese ports during February 14-20, SMM estimates. This was up 550,000 mt from the previous week, and 1.42 million mt from the same period last year. For the same week, iron ore deliveries leaving Australian ports plunged 2.31 million mt on a weekly basis to 15.44 million mt.
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