... the goal is to make the most of the beautiful Australian sunshine and use that wisely
“ Then Covid-19 hit , which caused the company a few issues from a marketing and freight perspective . This was made worse by the fact that we hadn ’ t really stabilized yet . I then joined the company around 2021 and implemented a slightly different strategy that focused on sales and logistics . Fortunately , that has been quite successful over the last 18 months , and has enabled us to trigger our expansion plans ,” explains Simon .
Metro Mining ’ s flagship project , the Bauxite Hills Mine , is located 95 kilometers north of Weipa , in Western Cape York , where the company holds a total tenement package that covers approximately 1900 square kilometers . In its first year of operations , Metro Mining achieved production guidance and shipped just over two million tons to five different Chinese companies .
“ We transport the minerals to the river where we have a barge loading facility . Those barges get towed out into the Gulf of Carpentaria , where we use trans shipping that essentially takes them from the barges and loads them onto large ocean-going vessels to ship them to our customers ,” he says .
Part of the energy transition
With an overview of the business and its operation , Simon takes a deeper dive into how bauxite forms part of the energy transition , as well as Metro Mining ’ s own contribution to encouraging a greener planet . “ We have a high-grade product , which allows us to have a small
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