Metro Mining (ASX: MMI) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Metro Mining is an Australian mining and exploration company based in Brisbane, Queensland.
Metro Mining
Metro Mining is an Australian mining and exploration company based in Brisbane, Queensland. The company's flagship asset is the Bauxite Hills Mine, located ninety-five kilometres north of Weipa on Western Cape York. The operation combines tenements covering an extensive area with total estimated ore reserves of 77.7 million tonnes and total mineral resources of 114.4 million tonnes. Mined direct shipping bauxite ore is transported via river transhipment barges to ocean vessels and exported primarily to alumina refineries in China. In addition to its primary mining operation, the company holds approximately 1,900 square kilometres of exploration tenements across the Cape York region.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of Metro Mining
- Bauxite Mining Operations: Extraction of direct shipping ore bauxite from open-cut mining operations located 95 kilometres north of Weipa on Western Cape York, Queensland, drawing from total ore reserves of 77.7 million tonnes to feed global refining supply chains.
- Bauxite Export and Shipping: Loading and sea transport of processed bauxite ore to international markets, primarily supplying alumina refineries across China to support ongoing raw material demand for industrial aluminium production and refining operations.
- Barge Transhipment Logistics: River transhipment services utilising specialized barge transport and floating crane transhipper vessel infrastructure along river waterways to transfer bulk bauxite directly onto ocean-going bulk carriers anchored offshore.
- Regional Mineral Exploration: Geological survey and target drilling activities across an extensive exploration tenement package spanning approximately 1,900 square kilometres in northern Queensland to identify additional mineral resources and expand operational mine life.
- Environmental Mine Rehabilitation: Progressive land restoration, soil management, and native seed collection programs undertaken across disturbance areas, working in partnership with local indigenous communities to re-establish native vegetation ecosystems following mining completion.
- Resource Assessment and Expansion: Ongoing mineral resource estimation, geotechnical evaluation, and tenement evaluation programs managing total mineral resources of 114.4 million tonnes to optimize long-term extraction schedules and processing capabilities.
Metro Mining executive team
- Mr. Simon WensleyCEO, MD & Director
- Mr. Nathan QuinlinChief Financial Officer
- Vincenzo De FalcoGeneral Manager of Marine
- Ms. Robin BatesGeneral Counsel & Company Secretary
- Mr. Troy McMillanGeneral Manager of People & Culture