Boral Quarries Redlynch
622 Redlynch Intake Road
Redlynch QLD 4870
Australia
About Us
Boral Limited is ASX listed and a leading Australian construction materials company, operating quarries, concrete batching plants, and asphalt plants. In Queensland we operate in major centres from the Gold Coast to Cairns.
The Redlynch Quarry commenced formal operation in the 1980s and Boral has leased the quarry from May 1990. Production has continued uninterrupted since then.
Site Location and Surrounds
The Redlynch Quarry situated about 8km west of the Cairns CBD. The site has a total area of 77.2ha and is accessed directly off Redlynch Intake Road. The adjoining land uses predominantly consist of rural and low density residential properties.
Geology
The quarry resource consists of two rock units, granite & meta-greywacke. The material is very hard being unweathered, unaltered, durable and robust.
The high quality quarry products are used for concrete aggregates, sealing aggregates, armour rock and road base products.
Redlynch Key Resource Area - KRA 12
The deposit is a resource of regional significance for Far North Queensland and as such is recognised as a Key Resource Area under the State Planning Policy. Link to KRA maps
KRAs will be protected from incompatible land uses through the development assessment by ensuring development in the KRA is compatible with the extraction, processing and transport of extractive materials to markets.
KRA encompasses:
- the extractive resource and on-site processing area;
- the associated transport route, usually a road haulage route;
- a separation area around the resource and processing area and the transport route.
Approvals
Community Partnerships
Boral’s Community Partnerships and Investment Framework underpin our community investments and partnerships.
Boral invests in and builds partnerships to create safer, sustainable and more liveable communities for generations to come.
We deliver our community value proposition by focusing our community support programs on one or both of our key support areas:
• Community safety & wellbeing
• Environmental sustainability & heritage.
We preference partnerships and programs that also promote our social commitments of:
• Youth development & education
• Aboriginal Reconciliation
• Community development
• Diversity & inclusion.
And finally, our community investments and the partners we support, are intended to reflect
our Values of:
• Looking out for each other
• Leading the way
• Doing what we say
• Achieving together.
Redlynch State College - Kitchen Garden Program
Boral in connection with Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA) assisted schools in environmental & biodiversity projects, offering free volunteers and long-term experience. Boral have provided funding towards a Kitchen Garden Program established by the Redlynch State College with Grade 5 students. The funding provided for gloves, seedlings, seeds, tools and other equipment to enable the school’s vegetable garden to flourish. The kids are growing vegetables, herbs, lemongrass and ginger, and use them in cooking lessons creating delicious plates of food to share. The idea of the program is to teach children to eat healthy and how to make polite conversation when dining. The teacher explained that the Kitchen Garden Program allows children to engage in activities, which gives them life long learning skills and it assists teachers and parents in changing kids’ behaviours, making them feel part of the team, while learning communication skills.
CVA want to "educate and inspire young Australians to take action for the future" in a program made possible by long standing community partner, Boral Ltd.
St Andrews Catholic College - Sustainable Rice Growing Program
Boral has provided funding towards a small rice growing project, organically grown by students and then prepared and eaten in a cooking class.
Boral assisted in the continuation of the sustainable rice growing program, where a new water recycling process was required for the rice to grow, avoiding water to stagnate and discourage pests such as mosquito larvae.
Redlynch Quarry Liaison Group
To facilitate open and transparent communication with our immediate neighbours and Government representatives, Boral have established the Redlynch Quarry Liaison Group in 2008, and regular meetings are held at The Northern Outlook at Redlynch.
This proactive engagement ensures that Boral can minimise any impacts on their neighbours, and in many cases, work with them on common solutions.
To communicate to the broader community, in the past, we have sent out newsletters via mail box drop, but as part of our sustainability objectives, we have now switched to a more environmentally friendly way of communicating and refer everyone to visit our web site instead.
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Traffic Behaviour
Boral has a Transport Code of Conduct that Boral drivers have to adhere to.
If you observe unacceptable truck driver behaviour, we ask that you please contact the quarry on 4039 1206 immediately or at your earliest convenience. The earlier Boral is aware of the issue, the quicker we can respond and follow up.
Information required: date, time, and registration. Any other information such as colour of the truck, truck and dog, or any other description will assist
Please note: Redlynch Intake Road is a public road and is free to be accessed by all trucks, not restricted to trucks visiting the quarry.
You can view the Road Transport Code of Conduct here.
Boral’s Sustainability Plan
Boral, a leading Australian construction materials company, released its Sustainability Report in 2021, outlining its commitment to lead the way in sustainability and details its progress in FY2021.
The report highlights Boral’s new Sustainability Framework which sets out its sustainability commitments across four focus areas:
• Our People – Engaged and proud of our progress
• Our Operations – Responsibly meeting today’s and tomorrow’s needs
• Our Products – Making a lasting positive impact
• Our Performance – Delivering sustainable financial outcomes
“We believe that being a leader in sustainability is the right thing to do and is central to our future success. Building on our strong foundation, we’ve set a bold ambition that is embedded within our business strategy. We have set out to redefine our core Australian construction materials business through de-carbonisation, growing our recycling business and across our broader sustainability agenda” (CEO & Managing Director, Zlatko Todorcevski)
We are committed to leading the way in sustainability and creating a world that future generations will be proud of.
Cultural Heritage Agreements
In relation to Cultural Heritage for the site, in 2014 / 2015, Boral entered into three Cultural Heritage Agreements (CHAs) in order to address Aboriginal cultural heritage at the Redlynch Quarry in accordance with the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (ACHA). The CHAs were entered into with three Aboriginal parties, the Yirrganydji, Gimuy and Djabugay Peoples. Under these CHAs, inspections and clearances of much of the project area were secured in 2014.
On 12 October 2016, a claim by the Cairns Regional Claim Group for native title over an area encompassing the Redlynch Quarry was accepted for registration. The effect of this registration is that the Yirrganydji, the Gimuy and the Djabugay are no longer considered to be relevant Aboriginal parties for the project area and Boral are required to enter into a new CHA with the Cairns Regional Claim Group.
In accordance with the Cultural Heritage Duty of Care Guidelines (the Guidelines) gazetted under the ACHA, Boral have obtained a priority site clearance from the Cairns Regional Claim Group representatives for the clearing within the top three benches.
Operational Continuation of the Redlynch Quarry
In accordance with our current planning and environmental approvals, Boral will progressively work the main ridge line from the top of the hill in a downward direction (“top down” extraction program) where new quarry benches will start at the top of the hill and then progressively worked down to the current pit level to minimise the noise and visual impact on the surrounding community.
The haulage route has been re-established and the next phase of works involves vegetation clearing to open up the first three benches, to allow for extraction to commence in accordance with current conditions.
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