Metro goes large on barge

METRO Mining has put its new floating crane barge to work on the Skardon River to start loading Bauxite Hills’ ore onto Metro’s first large gearless bulk vessel, the 95,000 tonne Post-Panamax MV Elvia, for export.

Metro's new crane in action

18 October 2021
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Previously Metro's bauxite was trucked to a barge loading facility on the Skardon River and loaded onto barges, that are towed to an anchorage point at sea then transhipped to 66,000t Ultramax freight

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