Sentence examples for ore imports from inspiring English sources

Japan, the world's second-largest importer of iron ore, imports about 15percentt.

Australia exported $15 billion worth of iron ore to China in 2008, or 41 percent of China's iron ore imports.

According to J.P. Morgan, China's iron ore imports were 33percentt higher in April than a year earlier.

Iron ore imports also started their rebound in February 2009, rising 46 percent from 32.6 million tons in January of that year.

Imports rose 6 percent in December, partly because of an 11 percent jump in iron ore imports as steel production rebounded.

But with a real estate slowdown in China undermining demand for steel, the annual growth rate of Chinese iron ore imports has abruptly slowed since October.

The company's Yabulu refinery near Townsville, which processes nickel laterite ore imported from New Caledonia, employs about 800 people.

The China Iron & Steel Association and the heads of more than 10 mills wrote a joint letter to Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on March 11, the official China Securities Journal has reported, asking him to take up the issue of rising iron ore import prices at the national level.

It's perhaps no surprise that Port Talbot, home to one of Europe's biggest steelworks with thousands of tonnes of iron ore imported to its docks every year, tops the list of the UK's most polluted towns and cities.

China's sudden surge in iron ore import demand resulted from the closure of various high-cost domestic iron ore mines, which also made it more difficult for its steelmakers to bargain.

In order to have a greater control over the iron ore industry, the Chinese authorities have reduced iron ore import licenses to only 112 companies, which include 70 large steel mills and 42 trading companies.