19 December 2024, Sydney: Boral Limited (“Boral”) has been tapped as the major construction materials supplier for Black Rock Motor Resort, Australia’s first multi-million-dollar driving circuit and luxury resort at NSW’s Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle.
Built on a rehabilitated and repurposed former coal mine at Wakefield, the 252-hectare world-class facility will be constructed using sustainable and recycled materials supplied by Boral. Black Rock Motor Resort will include a high-speed 5.4km driving circuit, driver training academy, electric go-karts and luxury accommodation, dining and leisure facilities.
The development will see Boral exclusively supplying circa 15,000m3-plus of its lower carbon concrete which reduces embodied carbon by up to 50 per cent; circa 150,000 tonnes-plus of natural and recycled aggregates made from deposits of sand, gravel, rock or demolition concrete; and Boral asphalt.
To date, Boral has commenced supply of quarry materials to the project. The development is expected to operational in mid 2026.
Boral CEO Vik Bansal, says: “We’re extremely pleased to be the major supplier of materials to Black Rock Motor Resort, an exciting new development and attraction set to drive local jobs and tourism, but more specifically, has a positive circularity story – being built on the former Rhonda Colliery coal mine. When we were tapped for our sustainable and lower carbon construction material offering, we knew this is a project we want to partner with based on an aligned sustainability approach and the circular story of a rehabilitated mine. We, too, look at ways to rehabilitate and repurpose our quarries at the end of their life.
“At Boral, we are committed to being a sustainable business. This extends to the development and supply of our innovative and lower carbon materials. With the building and construction industry traditionally being carbon intensive, a circularity approach is always encouraged and plays an important role. We look forward to a future where a repurposed approach takes centre stage.”
Tony Palmer, Black Rock Motor Resort CEO and founder, says: “We are proud to be pioneering the reuse of a former coal mine into a world-class facility and tourism destination, now extending our circularity approach to the materials we will use in our construction. We were impressed by Boral’s range of sustainable lower carbon and recycled materials, and as such, welcomed them as our major supplier on this project.”
