Metro Mining (ASX:MMI) mined 563,000 wet metric tonnes in April 2026, at the Bauxite Hills Mine in North Queensland, representing a 33% increase year-on-year.
The company says this is a particularly strong result given the disruption to mining activities during tropical cyclone Narelle. Metro has enabled a stockpile build-up in anticipation of increased shipping throughput with the return of the offshore floating terminal – Ikamba.
At the same time, 416,000 wet metric tonnes of bauxite was shipped which represents a 2% decrease year-on-year.
Metro Mining says this still represents a strong result given that shipping operated under single-transhipper conditions throughout Ikamba’s drydock period.
Three geared ultramax vessels were chartered to supplement transhipping capacity. Three days of loading were lost in April due to an unplanned breakdown of the floating crane barge, the sole transhipper in operation during this period.
Ikamba resumed operations on 3 May 2026.
Metro Mining is a bauxite producer and explorer which wholly owns the Bauxite Hills Mine operating on the Weipa bauxite plateau, 95km north of Weipa.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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