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Kalpini

Western Australia, Australia · Open Pit

Under Development
NickelCobaltScandiumRare Earth Elements
Overview
The Kalpini project, part of Ardea's Kalgoorlie Nickel Project (KNP) and also known as the Kalpini Hub, is a 100% owned nickel laterite project in Western Australia, 70km north-east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. It is currently in exploration and project development.
Processing
Studies have considered High Pressure Acid Leach (HPAL) or Atmospheric Leach (AL) methods for a standalone processing facility, or transport to the Goongarrie Hub.
Companies & ownership
  • Ardea Resources Limited
    ASX:ARL
Kalpini Hub

Western Australia, Australia · Open Pit

Under Development
NickelCobaltScandiumRare Earth Elements
Overview
The Kalpini Hub is a collective name for a series of projects including the Kalpini and Bulong Nickel Projects, the Emu Lake nickel sulphide project, and the Yerilla Hub (Jump Up Dam, Boyce Creek and Aubils projects). It is focused on nickel and cobalt, with identified occurrences of scandium and Rare Earth Elements (REE). The resources are found in shallow, flat-lying nickel laterite deposits on ultramafic komatiite rocks.
Processing
Two potential processing methods considered: a standalone facility at Kalpini using High Pressure Acid Leach (HPAL) and Atmospheric Leach (AL), or hauling high-grade satellite feed to the proposed processing facility at the Goongarrie Hub.
Companies & ownership
  • Ardea Resources Limited
    ASX:ARL
Nolans Project

Northern Territory, Australia · Open Pit

Under Development
Rare Earth ElementsPhosphateUranium
Mine life
38 years
Workforce
peak construction workforce of between 600 and 682 people. The operational workforce is estimated to be between 350 and 366 employees.
Overview
The Nolans Project is in the development phase and is described as shovel-ready. Arafura has completed early works construction and is targeting a Final Investment Decision (FID) in 2025 or early 2026. The project has received all necessary government and regulatory approvals to commence.
Production
The project is expected to produce 4,440 tonnes of NdPr oxide per annum. It will also produce 470 tonnes per annum of a mixed middle-heavy rare earth (SEG/HRE) oxide and 144,000 tonnes per year of fertilizer-grade phosphoric acid as a by-product.
Processing
The on-site process plant includes beneficiation, extraction, and separation facilities. The processing method involves a single-stage crushing and milling circuit, followed by flotation to produce a concentrate. This concentrate then undergoes a hydrometallurgical process which includes pre-leach, sulphation, water leach, precipitation, dissolution, and purification.
Equipment
The mining fleet is planned to include 108-tonne Hitachi EXI 200 excavators, 90-tonne Caterpillar 777F haul trucks, and Caterpillar D9T dozers and 16M graders. The processing plant will feature a single-stage jaw crusher and a ball mill. The overall infrastructure will include a residue storage facility, a gas-fired power station, and an accommodation village.
Companies & ownership
  • Arafura Rare Earths Limited
    ASX:ARU
Whyalla Quarry

South Australia, Australia · Quarry

Operating
Silica SandGraphiteKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
The Boral Whyalla Quarry is a hard rock quarry owned and operated by Boral Limited, located just outside Whyalla, South Australia. It is an active, operational quarry and a strategic mineral resource area, co-located with a Boral concrete plant. The quarry supplies a range of high-quality construction materials for regional projects and infrastructure development.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
Stirling North Quarry

South Australia, Australia · Quarry

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Workforce
The operation has a workforce of less than 10 full-time employees.
Overview
The Stirling North Quarry, owned and operated by Boral Limited, is an active open-cut quarry in South Australia. Located approximately 5 km northeast of Stirling North township, it operates under Private Mine tenement 154 with an approved Mine Operation Plan as of December 2023. The quarry has been operational since the mid-1970s.
Processing
The general process involves extraction, crushing, and screening to produce various sizes of quarry products, including thermal sand for the Lincoln Gap Wind Farm.
Equipment
The primary equipment includes a main processing plant and a contractor screen.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
Lobethal Quarry

South Australia, Australia · Open Pit

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
The Lobethal Quarry, operated by Boral Limited, is an active open-cut quarry located in Lobethal, South Australia. It is considered a strategic mineral resource area and supplies construction materials such as aggregates, asphalt, cement, crushed rock, and roadbase to the Adelaide Hills region.
Production
The quarry produces aggregates, rail ballast, pre-mix concrete, and road materials.
Processing
The quarry underwent a $4 million plant upgrade in 2015, transforming it into a more automated and efficient operation for producing construction materials.
Equipment
The quarry underwent a $4 million plant upgrade in 2015, transforming it into a more automated and efficient operation. It is recognised as one of the cleanest and safest fixed plant areas within Boral's South Australian business.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
Bahia Project

Bahia, Brazil · Dredging

Under Development
Rare Earth ElementsIlmeniteRutileZirconUranium
Overview
The project consists of seventeen mineral concessions covering approximately 15,089.71 hectares. The project is a heavy mineral sand (HMS) deposit and is currently in the exploration and development stage. There has been no previous mining on the property.
Production
Potential to supply 3,000 to 10,000 metric tons of natural monazite concentrate per year, estimated to contain roughly 1,500 to 5,000 metric tons of total rare earth oxides.
Processing
Mining the mineralised sands using standard, low-cost techniques to produce an HMS concentrate at the site. This concentrate would then be shipped to the White Mesa Mill for further processing.
Equipment
front-end loaders, excavators, and/or dredges
Expansion
Energy Fuels completed the acquisition of the project on 13 February 2023. The company was continuing its drilling program, which resumed in the fourth quarter of 2025, with the aim of completing S-K 1300 and NI 43-101 compliant reports by late 2026. A Phase 1 sonic drilling program of 2,250 metres was completed, and a Phase 2 program was planned to start in the third quarter of 2023.
Companies & ownership
  • Energy Fuels Inc.
    TSX:EFR · NYSE:UUUU
Kapunda Quarry

South Australia, Australia · Quarry

Operating
Silica SandGraphiteKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
Boral's Kapunda Quarry, an operating site in Kapunda, South Australia, produces aggregates, rail ballast, pre-mix concrete, and road materials, and is a strategic mineral resource area. The broader Kapunda site also includes Australia's first commercially successful metal mine, which produced copper from 1844 to 1879 and is now a State Heritage Place. Environmental Copper Recovery Pty Ltd (ECR) and Terramin Australia Limited are advancing the Kapunda Copper & Gold ISR Project on the historic mine site, with technical collaboration from OZ Minerals.
Expansion
The Kapunda Copper & Gold ISR Project, a joint venture between Environmental Copper Recovery Pty Ltd (ECR) and Terramin Australia Limited, aims to extract an estimated 119,000 tonnes of copper from shallow oxide ores using in-situ recovery methods. In May 2025, the South Australian Department for Energy and Mining approved in-ground test work for the project, which also has potential for gold recovery.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
Stonyfell Quarry

South Australia, Australia · Quarry

Operating
Silica SandGraphiteKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Opened
1837-01-01
Mine life
100 years
Workforce
The quarry's management team includes a Quarry Manager, a Quarry Support Manager, and an Operations Manager Quarries.
Overview
Stonyfell Quarry, located in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges east of Adelaide, South Australia, is one of Adelaide's oldest quarries, operating since 1837. Boral Limited acquired the site in the 1980s. The quarry extracts sandstone and quartzite to produce road base, aggregates, crushed rock, washed sands for concrete manufacturing, fill materials, and specialty rocks. It also recycles concrete and is considered a significant state resource with at least 100 years of available materials.
Production
Produces road base, aggregates, crushed rock, washed sands for concrete manufacturing, fill materials, specialty rocks, and recycled concrete. Primary materials extracted are sandstone and quartzite.
Processing
The processing infrastructure at Stonyfell Quarry includes a primary crusher and a sprinkler system within the crushing plant to manage dust. The facility produces road base, aggregates, crushed rock, washed sands for concrete manufacturing, fill materials, and specialty rocks from extracted sandstone and quartzite.
Equipment
The processing infrastructure at the site includes a primary crusher and a sprinkler system within the crushing plant to manage dust. Other equipment includes a water cart for spraying roads and stockpiles, and a truck wash.
Expansion
Major capital improvement works were undertaken to upgrade the primary crusher, which involved installing a new steel structure and a heavy-duty concrete slab.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
Boral Concrete Rockhampton

Queensland, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
The Boral Concrete Rockhampton facility is an operational concrete batching plant located at 36-40 Johnson Street in Parkhurst, Rockhampton, Queensland. Operated by Boral Limited, this processing facility produces and supplies ready-mixed concrete for the Central Queensland construction market.
Processing
The facility is a concrete batching plant that produces and supplies ready-mixed concrete.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
Vara Mada Project

Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar · Open Pit

Under Development
IlmeniteZirconRutileRare Earth ElementsMineral Sands
Mine life
38 years
Overview
The Vara Mada Project, formerly known as the Toliara Project, is a mineral sands project focused on the Ranobe deposit in southwest Madagascar. It is currently in the development stage, with a feasibility study completed and a government-imposed suspension lifted in November 2024. The project has an estimated mine life of 38 years.
Production
Over its 38-year mine life, the project is projected to have an average annual production of 959,000 tonnes of ilmenite, 66,000 tonnes of zircon, 8,000 tonnes of rutile, and 24,000 tonnes of monazite. Stage 1 operations are designed to process 12.6 million tonnes of ore per year, which will increase to 25 million tonnes per year in Stage 2.
Processing
Ore will be slurried and pumped to the wet concentrator plant, where slimes are removed and valuable heavy minerals are concentrated through gravity separation. The resulting heavy mineral concentrate is then processed in the mineral separation plant to separate ilmenite, rutile, and zircon. A monazite-rich stream from this process is upgraded in the monazite concentrator plant using gravity and magnetic separation. The monazite concentrate produced at Vara Mada is expected to be shipped to Energy Fuels' White Mesa Mill in Utah, USA, for processing into separated rare earth oxides.
Equipment
The project will utilise dry mining units (DMU) feeding a wet concentrator plant (WCP) via a slurry pipeline. The heavy mineral concentrate will then be treated in a mineral separation plant (MSP). A dedicated monazite concentrator plant (MCP) will further process a tailings stream to produce a finished monazite product. Stage 1 is planned to include a single DMU and WCP, with an identical set to be added in Stage 2. The project also includes plans for a purpose-built export facility for shipping finished products.
Expansion
The operation will be developed in two stages. Stage 1 is planned to include a single DMU and WCP, with an identical set to be added in Stage 2. Stage 1 operations are designed to process 12.6 million tonnes of ore per year, which will increase to 25 million tonnes per year in Stage 2.
Companies & ownership
  • Energy Fuels Inc.
    TSX:EFR · NYSE:UUUU
Donald Project

Victoria, Australia · Open Pit

Under Development
ZirconIlmeniteRutileRare Earth Elements
Opened
2027-01-01
End year
2069
Mine life
42 years
Workforce
average of 536 full-time equivalent employment opportunities
Overview
The Donald Project is a mineral sands and rare earths project located in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia, approximately 300 kilometres north-west of Melbourne and 15 kilometres east of the town of Minyip. It is a joint venture between Astron Corporation Limited (51%) and Energy Fuels Inc. (right to earn up to 49%). The project is currently in the development stage, with a final investment decision anticipated in late 2025 and construction planned for 2026.
Production
Phase 1 is expected to mine 7.5 million tonnes of ore per year. The average annual production for Phase 1 is estimated to be 7,200 tonnes of REEC and 228,700 tonnes of HMC.
Processing
On-site processing will involve a Mining Unit Plant (MUP), a Wet Concentrator Plant (WCP), and a Concentrate Upgrade Plant (CUP). The MUP will scrub, screen, and slurry the ore, which will then be pumped to the WCP. The processing will utilise gravity and magnetic separation to produce a heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) and a rare earth element concentrate (REEC).
Equipment
excavators and trucks, supported by dozers, graders, and water trucks
Expansion
A proposed Phase 2 would extend the project's life to at least 58 years and would involve the duplication of the mining and mineral processing operations.
Companies & ownership
  • Energy Fuels Inc.
    TSX:EFR · NYSE:UUUU
White Mesa Mill

Utah, United States · Processing Facility

Operating
UraniumVanadiumRare Earth Elements
Opened
1980-01-01
Workforce
Approximately 75 people in 2022, with potential to grow to over 150 with rare earth expansion
Overview
The only fully licensed and operational conventional uranium mill in the United States, processing uranium, vanadium, and rare earth elements.
Production
licensed capacity to produce over 8 million pounds of U3O8 per year
Processing
crushing, grinding, sulphuric acid leach, solvent extraction recovery for uranium; solvent extraction circuit for rare earth elements
Equipment
coarse ore bin, conveyors, grinding circuit, yellowcake dryers, packaging equipment, clarifiers, boiler, various processing circuits, tanks, piping, agitation equipment
Expansion
expansion of rare earth processing, rare earth initiative
Companies & ownership
  • Energy Fuels Inc.
    TSX:EFR · NYSE:UUUU
Boral Concrete Caloundra West

Queensland, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
Silica SandGraphiteKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
Boral Concrete Caloundra West is an active concrete batching plant and co-located quarry in Caloundra West, Queensland, Australia. Owned by Boral Limited, it produces concrete products for the local construction market, sourcing raw materials like silica sand from its quarry.
Production
The Caloundra West plant produces a range of concrete products for the local construction market.
Processing
The site's primary function is concrete production, with the co-located quarry supplying raw materials such as silica sand and aggregates for the concrete batching process.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
Winnellie Concrete Plant

Northern Territory, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
The Winnellie Concrete Plant, located in the suburb of Winnellie in Darwin, Northern Territory, is an operational pre-mix concrete facility owned and operated by Boral Limited. This plant produces and supplies concrete for the construction industry in the Darwin region.
Processing
The Winnellie Concrete Plant is a processing facility focused on the production of pre-mixed concrete, playing a role in Boral's downstream operations to supply construction materials.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
West Gosford Operations

New South Wales, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
Silica SandGraphiteKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Capex (est.)
USD 2.40M
Overview
Boral Limited operates the West Gosford Operations in West Gosford, New South Wales. It is a processing facility comprising a concrete batching plant and an asphalt plant, producing pre-mix concrete and bitumen pre-mix or hot-mix asphalt for the construction industry.
Production
The facility produces pre-mix concrete and bitumen pre-mix or hot-mix asphalt for the construction industry.
Processing
The facility produces pre-mix concrete and bitumen pre-mix or hot-mix asphalt. The asphalt plant is licensed by the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority. The concrete plant underwent a significant upgrade, involving the demolition of the old plant and installation of a new drive-through concrete batching facility.
Equipment
The new concrete plant includes four silos, a new support structure, two additional open material storage bins, and new mechanical, electrical, and batch control systems. It has a 400-tonne cementitious material storage capacity and over 500 tonnes of aggregate storage.
Expansion
A $2.4 million project, announced in 2020 and completed in July 2023, involved the complete demolition and removal of the old concrete plant and the installation of a new drive-through concrete batching facility. This upgrade aims to improve reliability, efficiency, and safety on site.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
Dunmore Operations

New South Wales, Australia · Open Pit

Operating
Silica SandGraphiteKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
End year
2043
Workforce
While a precise workforce number is not publicly available, the operation held a 100-year anniversary event attended by 120 staff and their families in September 2023. The workforce is covered by the Boral Dunmore Quarry Enterprise Agreement 2024.
Overview
The Dunmore Operations, owned by Boral Limited, is an integrated site in New South Wales, Australia, supplying building and construction materials to the Illawarra, South Coast, and greater Sydney metropolitan areas. It has been operating for over 100 years and consists of a hard rock quarry, a sand dredging operation, a Boral Concrete plant, and a logistics yard.
Production
The Dunmore Quarry has an approved production limit of up to 2.5 million tonnes of quarry product annually. In the 2022 financial year, 995,505 tonnes of latite products were sold, including coarse aggregates, prepared road base, and manufactured sand.
Processing
Processing at the hard rock quarry involves drilling, blasting, and crushing the latite in primary and tertiary crushers, followed by screening to size the material. Sand is extracted via a dredging operation.
Equipment
Key equipment includes drilling and blasting machinery, crushers, a screen house, and a fleet of trucks for material transport.
Expansion
The New South Wales Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure has approved an extension for the hard rock quarry's operational life until 2043.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
Boral Concrete Mitchell

Australian Capital Territory, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
Boral Concrete Mitchell is an operational pre-mixed concrete facility located at 66 Hoskins Street in Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory. This plant produces concrete for commercial, residential, and civil construction purposes.
Processing
The facility processes cement and other materials, aggregates, using conveyors and a central mixer to produce pre-mixed concrete.
Equipment
The facility's equipment includes storage silos for cement and other materials, aggregate bins, conveyors, and a central mixer.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
Widemere Recycling

New South Wales, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
Waurn Ponds Recycling

Victoria, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
The Waurn Ponds facility in Victoria, Australia, is an operating quarry and recycling operation owned by Boral Limited. It extracts materials like limestone, sandstone, aggregates, sand, and fill to produce crushed rock and roadbase. The site also includes a recycling operation, in partnership with Delta Group, which processes construction and demolition waste such as concrete, bricks, and reclaimed asphalt into recycled aggregates, sands, and roadbase. A former cement manufacturing plant on the site has ceased operations and is being repurposed.
Processing
The quarrying process involves the extraction of rock, which is then crushed and screened to produce various grades of aggregate and other construction materials. The recycling process involves sorting, crushing, and blending recovered construction and demolition waste to produce recycled construction materials.
Equipment
Boral is currently undertaking a multi-year investment program to upgrade its heavy machinery fleet across Australia, which includes the rollout of new front-end loaders, excavators, and dump trucks.
Expansion
The former cement manufacturing plant at the Waurn Ponds site has been decommissioned, with cement operations relocated to the Port of Geelong. The land from the old cement works is undergoing a rejuvenation project, with plans for a precinct that may include tourism, commercial, and residential developments. A portion of this land has been returned to the Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
Salisbury Recycling

South Australia, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
Emu Plains Recycling

New South Wales, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
Delta Sunshine (Partnership with Delta Group)

Victoria, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
Toowoomba Asphalt Plant

Queensland, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
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