Metro Mining (ASX:MMI) has increased its shipped production rate in August 2025 by 6%, totalling 753,101 wet metric tonnes at the Bauxite Hills Operation in Queensland.
In July 2025, the company had shipped 714,000 wet metric tonnes of product from Bauxite Hills. In June 2024, 589,000 wet metric tonnes were shipped, as Mining.com.au reported.
To date, 3.4 million wet metric tonnes of bauxite have been shipped this year, which signals that Metro Mining is on target for its 2025 target of shipping 6.5 to 7 million wet metric tonnes of product.
Metro Mining, which has a market capitalisation of $500 million, says its focus on continuous improvement in materials handling has yielded record throughput rates of the Barge Loading Facility, with an average rate over 1,700 tonnes per hour achieved through August.
The company notes unfavourable weather conditions at the beginning of August impacted shipping operations for two to three days.
Metro delivered a net-profit of $119.8 million for its half-year ending 30 June, marking a $156.8 million turnaround from a year earlier, as previously reported.
The Bauxite Hills Mine, covering 825km2, is located near Weipa in Western Cape York in Far North Queensland.
The mine has been operating since April 2018 and, as at 31 December 2024, has an estimated reserve of 77.7 million tonnes and a total resource of 114.4 million tonnes of ore from the mine is shipped to meet Asia Pacific’s growing bauxite market.
Metro Mining is an Australian bauxite miner and explorer based in Brisbane, Queensland.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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