Bauxite miner Metro Mining has produced 743 000 t of bauxite during the three months to December, down from the 859 000 t produced in the previous quarter, after ex Tropical Cyclone Owen resulted in the suspension of the Bauxite Hills mine operations for a period of six days in mid December.
Bauxite tonnes shipped during the quarter reached 816 000 t, which was in line with the 822 000 t shipped during the previous quarter, with the Bauxite Hills operation achieving an annualised run-rate of around 2.5-million tonnes a year for the second consecutive quarter.