China’s April manganese ore imports drop 14.3% on month

China’s imports of manganese ore reversed down in April after the short-lived recovery over the prior month, according to the latest detailed data released by China’s General Administration of Customs. April’s Mn ore imports were down 373,520 tonnes or 14.3% on month at 2.25 million tonnes, the GACC data show.

Despite the retreat from March, last month’s import volume was still 7.1% higher compared with one year before, mainly due to the low base for April 2020 as many overseas mines had to stop mining and shipping their oredue to the spreading COVID-19 virus worldwide then, Mysteel Global noted. Most cargoes cleared by China