PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The Bauxite Hills mine, in Queensland, in September shipped its one-millionth tonne of ore since operations started in April this year.
By the end of September, shipments had totalled 1.22-million tonnes, owner Metro Mining reported on Friday.
The ASX-listed company also told shareholders that it was on track to meet its 2018 production and shipping guidance of between 1.98-million tonnes and 2.07-million tonnes.
“Given the strong demand currently being seen for Bauxite Hills product, this provides an excellent platform to incrementally add to sales in 2019, and increase operational cashf low,” said Metro MD and CEO Simon Finnis.