A drone photo of the Ardmore mine site taken in January 2025. Photo: Centrex
PHOSPHATE miner Centrex, and its subsidiary Agriflex, have entered voluntary administration, placing a cloud of uncertainty over the Ardmore operation in north-west Queensland.
Alongside Incitec Pivot’s Phosphate Hill operation, Centrex’s Ardmore Phosphate Project, 120km from Mount Isa, is one of only two Australian mines producing commercial quantities of phosphate concentrate.
In a statement released to the ASX on Tuesday, Centrex said it had appointed John Park and Joanne Dunn of FTI Consulting as joint administrators to oversee the process.
“The voluntary administrators are continuing to operate the businesses of Centrex and…