The RCOE is well on its way to taking our region to the world, showcasing innovation and collaboration across traditional and emerging sectors, forging a path as a global leader on how to connect resources across our region and the world. These collaborations are achieved through the direct management or support of various projects across the Greater Whitsunday region.
PAGET, QUEENSLAND
Purpose: To focus on incubating new industries, including a pilot processing plant to support activities around critical minerals, reprocessing of tailings and other precious metals.
Goals: Focus on training and R & D | Bringing together industry OEM and METS in problem solving capacity | Grow industry connections and partnerships | Gain greater exposure to agriculture, sugar and biofutures sectors | Lead technology-based safety initiatives such as utilising AI
MORANBAH, QUEENSLAND
Purpose: To develop a more skilled and diversified workforce, including deeper First Nations partnerships, to power the Isaac region and ‘engergise the world’.
Goals: Grow and diversify the industry | Strengthen ESG credentials and protect the environment | Foster coexistance and sustainable communities | Ensure strong and genuine First Nations partnerships | Build a safe and resilient future workforce | Improve regulatory efficiency
In partnership with Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3), Resources Centre of Excellence (RCOE) and major funding partner Local Buying Foundation (LBF).
Purpose: Is to secure the future viability of our traditional sectors, by supporting businesses on the pathway to decarbonisation, while at the same time, creating opportunities in emerging sectors which have decarbonised principles.
The Decarbonisation Accelerated project will amplifying regional opportunities to ensure long term economic growth and resilience across the Greater Whitsunday region.
To support businesses and industries to embrace decarbonisation through an economic lens.
Help shape our regional identity for a prosperous future for the Greater Whitsunday region.
Check out the Greater Whitsunday METS Sector “A revenue diversification strategy”
Advancing Circularity in Queensland’s resource sector
The Pit to Port (P2P) Resource Circularity Project is a strategic, multi-phased initiative aimed at understanding circular economy principles across the value chain of BHP Mitsubishi Alliance’s (BMA) Caval Ridge Mine and Hay Point Coal Terminal operations in Queensland. The Resources Centre of Excellence (RCOE), working with BMA and circular economy experts, Coreo and Metabolic, is starting this project to help bring the idea to the wider region.
The Bowen Basin Circularity Project represents a pioneering collaboration between Coreo, the Queensland Government Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development, and the Resources Centre of Excellence (RCOE).
As a partner, RCOE is proud to contribute to this important initiative, which is underpinned by the largest dataset on record for the region. These resources are shaping a new blueprint for circular mining, supporting industry to unlock opportunities, reduce waste, and drive innovation across the resources sector.
Reimagine Rehab is a bold regional initiative that seeks to unlock new economic, environmental, and social value from legacy mining lands across the Greater Whitsunday region. Building on years of dialogue and collaboration, including work through the CRC TiME Bowen Basin Hub, EnviroMETS Lighthouse Projects, and the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday Regional Water Strategy, the prospectus consolidates regional insights into a cohesive vision for transformative post-mining land use. It positions rehabilitation not as an end-point, but as a launchpad for innovation, investment, and long-term prosperity.
Anchored by the emerging Isaac Resources Excellence Precinct, the Reimagine Rehab prospectus identifies actionable pathways to repurpose post-mining landscapes into productive, sustainable assets. The initiative aligns with the Greater Whitsunday METS Sector Revenue Diversification Strategy and calls for coordinated action to integrate existing efforts, clarify strategic priorities, and focus investment where it will have the greatest impact. It’s a call to government, industry, and community to reimagine what’s possible and to shape a resilient, opportunity-rich future for the region.