From raw sand to high-purity concentrate, on one site.
Our processing plant separates heavy minerals from sand in two stages — wet gravity separation, then dry electrostatic and magnetic separation — producing the purity our export customers need.
The plant
Commissioned 2023, upgraded ever since
Our major processing plant came online in early 2023, built to run at the scale and consistency modern mineral markets demand. We're not done improving it — we're currently fitting disc magnets to better process the “mids” fraction, and adding a rotary screen to improve our monazite circuit.
How separation works
Two stages, one high-purity result
Step 1 — Gravity separation (wet)
Sand is processed through gravity separation to concentrate the heavy minerals out of the bulk sand.
Step 2 — Electrostatic & magnetic separation (dry)
The concentrate is further refined using electrostatic and magnetic separation, splitting it into distinct high-purity mineral streams — rutile, zircon, ilmenite, synthetic rutile and monazite.
Critical minerals
Backed by Queensland Treasury
Our plant upgrades are supported by Queensland Treasury critical-minerals funding, part of a milestone program recognising the role mineral sands play in Australia's critical minerals supply. We're also licensed to import mineralised sand to our Currumbin site for processing and separation — including sand supplied by local excavators and developers.
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