Australia's iron ore hub of Port Hedland to be closed ahead of cyclone

Reuters
12 Feb
Australia's iron ore hub of Port Hedland to be closed ahead of cyclone

SYDNEY, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Western Australia's iron ore hub of Port Hedland will be closed at 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) on Wednesday due to tropical cyclone Zelia, the Pilbara Ports Authority said.

Port Hedland is the world's biggest export point for iron ore and is used by BHP Group BHP.AX, Fortescue FMG.AX and billionaire Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting.

(Reporting by Renju Jose in Sydney; Editing by Himani Sarkar)

((renju.jose@thomsonreuters.com;))

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