Great Lakes Iron Ore Trade Up  in January
    
            
                Posted by Michelle Howard
            
            March 1, 2017
            
        
    
    
    
            
                
                    
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        Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway totaled 2,468,706 tons in January, an increase of 14.4 percent compared to a year ago, the Lake Carriers’ Association  (LCA) reported.
 
Shipments were 10.3 percent below the month’s 5-year average, howerver.