Currumbin Minerals processing plant site at Currumbin, Gold Coast

Heavy minerals. Clean sand. One Currumbin site.

Currumbin Minerals has mined and processed mineral sands on the Gold Coast since 1948. We separate premium mineral concentrates for export — and wash clean sand for the builders, landscapers and tradies right down the road.

Not just a byproduct

We wash sand. A lot of it.

Every tonne of mineral sand we process starts as beach and river sand — and once we've taken the heavy minerals out, what's left is clean, screened sand ready for building, landscaping and concrete. Each year we sell tens of thousands of tonnes of it. It's one of our biggest product lines, and the public are welcome to buy it.

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Washed sand stockpile at the Currumbin Minerals plant

A genuine circular economy

Got mineralised sand on your site? We'll take it — and pay you for it.

Gold Coast construction and excavation sites regularly turn up sand carrying real value — some of it remarkably rich in heavy minerals. We buy that sand, extract the minerals, wash what's left, and sell the clean sand straight back into the market. If you're moving spoil, it's worth a call before it goes to landfill.

Supply your sand
Excavated sand ready for processing at Currumbin Minerals

Five minerals. One quality standard.

We produce rutile, zircon, ilmenite, synthetic rutile and monazite — separated on-site to high purity and exported to manufacturers across Asia and the Middle East.

Rutile sample

Rutile

TiO₂

Pigments, welding electrode coatings, titanium metal production.

Zircon sample

Zircon

ZrSiO₄

Ceramics and tiles, refractories, foundry sands, zirconia chemicals.

Ilmenite sample

Ilmenite

FeTiO₃

TiO₂ feedstock, pigment production.

A plant built for the next 75 years

2023 — major processing plant commissioned

Gravity, electrostatic & magnetic separation on one site

Backed by Queensland Treasury critical-minerals funding

Our separation facility runs wet gravity separation followed by dry electrostatic and magnetic separation, producing high-purity mineral concentrates. It's an active site — we're currently upgrading the disc magnets on our “mids” fraction and improving the monazite circuit with a new rotary screen.

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Family owned, industry tested

Backed by family. Tested in-house.

Currumbin Minerals is part of the Neumann Group — three generations of Gold Coast family businesses spanning construction, steel and quarrying. Our own laboratory, Southern Gold Coast Laboratories, is NATA-accredited and tests minerals for the industry Australia-wide.

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Whether you're after mineral concentrates, a load of washed sand, or you've got sand to supply — Brett Hoyle and the team are on the ground in Currumbin.

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