Tours
PRE-CONGRESS TOURS
T1 - North Stradbroke Island and Consolidated Rutile Limited
When: Friday 3rd September 2010
Departs: Brisbane Convention Centre
Tour Leader: Dr Ralph Holmes
Cost: TBA - Lunch and refreshments at delegates own expense.
The tour visits North Stradbroke Island, which features world class beaches that are famous for fishing and surfing. You can watch humpback whales on their Northern migration (during their migration season), scuba dive nearby rocky reefs or simply soak up the laid back island lifestyle. The Consolidated Rutile Limited (CRL) Mine and Regeneration site is the island’s most significant industry. Sand mining, commenced in the late 1940s and since then approximately 15% of the island has been mined and revegetated by four different companies.
Schedule:
| 7:00 am |
Depart Rydges Hotel Brisbane. A coach will transport tour participants to the Stradbroke Ferry Terminal (Middle Road, Cleveland). |
| 8:45 am |
Board the 9:00 am vehicle ferry to Dunwich Terminal, North Stradbroke Island. Refreshments and snacks are available for purchase on the ferry. |
| 10:00 am |
Tour of CRL Mine and Regeneration operations. The tour will take approximately 2 hours. |
| 1:00 pm |
Lunch at Stradbroke Island Beach Hotel. Cost: A$26.90 per person plus drinks. |
| 2:30 pm |
Coach to take tour participants to Point Lookout where they can enjoy the stunning views and magnificent beaches |
| 3:30 pm |
Depart Point Lookout |
| 4:15 pm |
Return to the Dunwich Ferry Terminal and board the 4:30 pm vehicle ferry to Cleveland Terminal. |
| 5:30pm |
Coach departs terminal for trip back to Brisbane city. Return to Rydges Hotel Brisbane at approximately 6.15 pm. |
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You must bring: Sunscreen, hat, water bottle and sunglasses (to keep the sand from your eyes). CRL requires that you must wear fully enclosed shoes. Please note we will be walking over sand dunes and inspecting regeneration sites.
CRL Notes: CRL requires people on their mining leases to undergo random drug and alcohol testing (by urine sample) if they are present when testing is conducted. Note that CRL requires a 0.000 blood alcohol content for everyone who enters the mine site.
T2 - Mineral Sands/Gravity equipment
The tour visits Ludowici in Pinkenba, Brisbane and Mineral Technologies at Carrara on the Gold Coast.
When: Friday 3rd September 2010
Time: 8.30 am – 6.15 pm
Cost: $110 per person, includes transportation and lunch. (Price includes 10% GST)
Departs: Departs and returns to the Rydges Hotel Brisbane.
Tour Leader: Dale Henderson, Downer EDI Mining - Mineral Technologies.
Schedule:
| 8.30 am |
Depart Rydges Hotel Brisbane. A coach will transport tour participants to Ludowici at Pinkenba. |
| 9.00 am |
Arrive Ludowici and have a Factory Tour – View Reflux Classifier, Hicom Mill and Centrifuges and Screens. |
| 10.00 am |
Morning tea. |
| 10.30 am |
Technical presentation and discussion – RC – (Yantai Room). |
| 11.15 am |
Technical presentation and discussion – Hicom. |
| 12.00 pm |
Depart for Lunch. |
| 12.10 pm |
Lunch at Breakfast Creek Hotel, set menu, vegetarian option, refreshments at participants own expense. |
| 1.15 pm |
Depart for Mineral Technologies on the Gold Coast. |
| 2.30 pm |
Arrive Mineral Technologies
Presentation on scope of Mineral Technologies activities including a review of metallurgical test facilities and production facilities.
Technical presentation and discussion on the development of a complex mineral sands processing flowsheet including the testwork process and analysis that is undertaken, decision making, etc.
Technical presentation and discussion on the technology that goes into the development of spiral trough profiles and how we achieve the end result through the mould-making and manufacturing process. |
| 5.00 pm |
Coach departs for trip back to Brisbane city. |
| 6.15 pm |
Coach arrives Rydges Hotel Brisbane. |
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Number of visitors. Minimum 20 – Max 40.
T3 - Research establishments/ Pinjarra Hills Complex
When: Friday 3rd September 2010
Tour Leader: Prof Dee Bradshaw
Cost: TBA (approx. $66.00)
The tour visits the Sustainable Minerals Institute SMI, in St Lucia the JKMRC in Indooroopilly and QCAT /CSIRO at the Pinjarra Hills complex
Schedule:
| 8:30 am |
Depart Rydges Hotel Brisbane. A coach will transport tour participants to the Sustainable Minerals Institute SMI |
| 10:30 am |
Depart for JKMRC |
| 1:00 pm |
Lunch at JKMRC |
| 2:00 pm |
Coach to take tour participants to Queensland Centre for Advanced Technology |
| 4:30pm |
Coach departs for trip back to Brisbane city. Return to Rydges Hotel Brisbane |
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POST-CONGRESS TOURS
T4 - Central Qld Coal Preparation
When: Friday 10th September 2010
Departs: Brisbane Convention Centre
Cost: TBA
T5 - NW Queensland Non Ferrous Operations
When: Friday 10th – Sunday 12th September 2010, 3 days / 2 nights
Tour Leaders: Andrew Oakley and Dee Bradshaw
Cost: TBA
Schedule:
| Fri 9:30 am |
Depart Brisbane for Mt Isa |
| Fri 2:30 pm |
Afternoon tour of Mt Isa complex |
| Spend night at Mt Isa |
| Sat am |
Charter flight and tour of Century (to be confirmed) |
| Sat pm |
Visit to Lawn Hill Gorge |
| Sat pm |
Return to Mt Isa to spend night |
| Sun am |
Visit Riverslea Fossil Museum |
| Sun 3:10 pm |
Return flight to Brisbane city. |
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T6 - South Australia Cu/Uranium
When: Friday 10th September 2010
Departs: Brisbane Convention Centre
Cost: TBA
