Metro doubles reserve at Bauxite Hills

ASX-listed Metro Mining has doubled the mineral reserve at its Bauxite Hills mine, in Queensland, following the combination with takeover target Gulf Alumina’s Skardon River project. The direct shipping ore reserve for the enlarged Bauxite Hills mine has now increased to 96.5-million tonnes, with Metro telling shareholders on Wednesday that the addition of the Gulf material, with its indicated higher trihydrate bauxite and lower reactive silica levels, potentially allows the company to offer a diverse product to its customers suited to both high and low temperature refineries.