ABOUT RAPID CRUSHING
Rapid has highly specialised office and workshop facilities in Perth, WA and Mackay QLD. These ensure support for our nationwide growth in a timely and efficient manner, without having to rely on outsourced facilities and manpower. This stand-alone ability means greater independ- ence and a far greater level of reliability for our clients. Right: Rapid Crushing’s Perth office and workshop facility.
Rapid Crushing and Screening Contractors Pty Ltd (‘Rapid’) is a provider of quality crushing and screening services to the civil contracting, construction, mining, and resource industries, under contract or hire.
We’re a privately owned Western Australian Company having begun operations in 1978. Rapid specialises in the crushing and screening of all types of mineral ores. This includes lump and fines hematite iron ore, gold, manganese, nickel, lithium, special class site preparation fill materials on major construction projects, as well as concrete and road aggregates, road base, rail ballast and armour rock. A feature of Rapid’s unique work is that we have the capacity to configure our plants specifically to the layout of an operational site. We have an extremely wide range of high-production mobile and fixed crushing, screening and conveying plants. These range from mobile and modular plants handling up to 600 tonnes per hour, through to fixed plants operating at over 1,000 tonnes per hour. Our operations continue to evolve and expand with specialised crushing and screening services supplied to clients that have included; Woodside, Rio Tinto, BHP, Chevron, Moly Metals, Karara Mining Limited, Fortescue Metals Group, Hanson Construction Materials, Saracen, Goldfield and Galaxy Resources…and many more.
Over the years, Rapid Crushing has become renowned for delivering its clients highly cost effective results. This is brought about by investing in high quality plant and machinery that we configure and adapt to suit client needs. We have a strong relationship with Komatsu Australia and Metso, along with many other specialist suppliers to ensure that we can meet any need. Rapid regularly invests in plant and machinery to ensure efficiencies are maintained over time.
Rapid Crushing is equipped with the best plant and equipment available for the type of work undertaken
ABOUT RAPID CRUSHING
Rapid’s operations continue to expand with specialised crushing & screening services. Our operations are backed up by a solid workshop team able to conduct in-house repairs, maintenance and fabrication on both sides of the country.
Rapid Crushing’s Mackay office and workshop facility.
A key factor in Rapid’s success has been the back up and support from its own in-house fabrication company, Irvine Engineering (WA) Pty Ltd. This facility has been designing, fabricating and maintaining crushing and screening plants alongside Rapid since inception. Both companies have excellent relationships with crusher & screen component suppliers and other specialists for further technical support. The outcome of our engineering capabilities is that Rapid is able to fabricate and build its own custom designed purpose built crushing and screening plants specifically to particular client and site specifications. The Company does not rely on outsourced contractors or off-the- shelf plants, thus avoiding potential loss of control over the quality of work and materials or reliability of supply. Rapid works extensively in remote locations that often have limited access and limited communications. It’s to this end, that the Company has created a culture to be self-sufficient on site with a workforce that has the ability to make do with the resources on hand and ensure that all trades personnel are present on site to attend to issues as they occur.
RAPID CRUSHING HEALTH & SAFETY
Rapid Crushing is committed to ensuring that all Employees, Sub- Contractors and Visitors are provided with a workplace that does not adversely impact upon their wellbeing.
This is reflected by the safety model taken from the company philosophy;
Rapid Crushing recognises its legal and moral responsibility to provide a safe working environment, safe systems of work and competent supervision of all employees at all times. Likewise, we understand that the benefits to be gained from successful Health and Safety management are significant. Rapid Crushing is also committed to providing a work environment that is free from harassment and bullying and has numerous policies and procedures to back up and enforce this commitment.
INDIGENOUS AWARENESS
Rapid Crushing’s focus is on increasing Indigenous employment and contributing to the long term participation of Indigenous Australians.
The Company recognises that our success depends in part on the well-being and sustainability of the communities in which we operate.
The Company aims for Indigenous Australians to feel welcome and valued as employees, providing them with the same opportunities for employment as others in the community.
Rapid Crushing strives to achieve: • Alignment with our client’s Indigenous policies and commitments. • Increased awareness among employees of Indigenous culture and traditions. • An increase in Indigenous employment and to facilitate sustainable Indigenous development. • Support for Indigenous apprentices and trainees to graduate and find continuous employment. • Methods to attract participation by local, regional people. • A building of collaborative relationships with community organisations to aid employers. • The provision of job opportunities and to aid local workers in developing skills and securing of jobs.
Rapid has been operating up to two large modular three stage crushing circuits at FMG’s Cloudbreak Operations in WA to produce over 500,000 tonnes per month of -10mm iron ore fines. It has been an around-the-clock operation with a workforce of up to 42 employees working a 14/7 day roster. Prior to that, Rapid operated at FMG’s Christmas Creek Operations producing over 900,000 tonnes per month of fines iron ore product, using two modular electric plants and a large mobile track plant. In each case we met or exceeded our client’s requirements in terms of availability and production through the plants.
IRON ORE PROCESSING
Rapid Crushing has been acknowledged over four decades as the “GO TO” provider of highly productive and cost efficient two & three stage crushing circuits for production of lump & fines hematite ore and magnetite ore. Notable successfully
completed projects include:
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KARARA MINING LIMITED (KARARA)
Rapid successfully completed a long-term crushing campaign as subcontractor to Brierty Ltd at the Karara Mine Site. A two stage modular electric circuit completed the works. The contract commenced at a production level of 1,000,000 tonnes per annum of -40 +6mm and -6mm lump and fines hematite iron ore over 4 years with ramp-up in year three to 3,600,000 tonnes per annum.
MOLY METALS (SPINIFEX RIDGE)
Rapid completed a long term crushing campaign as principal contractor to Moly Metals at Spinifex Ridge Mine Site, crushing over 1,000,000 tonnes per annum of -10mm hematite iron ore over 4 years.
MT GIBSON MINING (TALLERING PEAK)
Tallering Peak – Crushing of 1,650,000 tonnes per annum of hematite lump & fines iron ore.
LITHIUM PROCESSING
More recently, Rapid has extended its processing capabilities and expertise into the lithium market, having recently secured the following long term sustainable pegmatite processing contract with Galaxy Resources at its Mt
Cattlin operations in Ravenswood, WA.
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GALAXY RESOURCES (MT CATTLIN)
Ore is mined by others on this site and delivered to Rapid’s crushing & screening circuit. Ore is processed and stockpiled by Rapid and thereafter fed into Galaxy’s HMS gravity recovery circuit. Rapid supplied and installed a purpose built, custom designed, three Stage Modular Electric circuit to support the contract obligations.
Project Expansion
In early 2020 Galaxy added a new optical ore sorting circuit (OOS) to facilitate the processing of previously stockpiled contaminated materials containing high grade pegmatite.
Galaxy engaged Rapid to install and operate a bypass circuit from our existing plant to provide for standalone crushing of contaminated ore. This is fed into Galaxy’s OOS to recover high grade ore that is subsequently fed into their processing circuit.
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Rapid’s additional bypass circuit in the foreground (left) with Galaxy’s Optical Ore Sorting plant rear left.
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SPECIALISED SELECT-FILL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
Rapid has strong materials processing capabilities and expertise enabling us to produce a cost- effective option for your next project.
CHEVRON (GORGON LNG PROJECT)
Rapid has completed a five year plus contract to process construction materials on site at Barrow Island with CPB Contractors (formally Leighton Contractors) and Ertech. Rapid has processed in excess of 8,500,000 tonnes of material associated with the construction works for Chevron’s Gorgon LNG Project. Rapid Crushing was the sole crushing contractor on Barrow Island during the almost six year project period of initially producing materials for Ertech, to accommodate the camp earthworks and then for Thiess and Leightons (CPB). To achieve this we operated a double shift for the entire duration. Up to 60 permanent employees were working a 26/9 day roster, flying in and out of Barrow Island. The following products were produced during these contracts: • 5,000,000 Tonnes of -75mm Basecourse • 2,000,000 Tonnes of -400mm Common Fill • 1,500,000 Tonnes of Sealing Aggregate, Concrete Aggregate, Drainage Rock and Crusher Dust
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WOODSIDE (PLUTO LNG SITE B)
Rapid completed a large crushing and screening project with Leighton Contractors to produce over 1,000,000 tonnes of specialised fill materials in an eight month period on site at the Burrup Peninsula in WA for the Woodside Pluto LNG Site B earthworks project. This project involved the supply and operation of three, two stage crushing circuits working 24/7, producing fill materials and stockpiling up to 1 km away. The Burrup Peninsula boasts some of the hardest and most abrasive rock types in Australia and this necessitated the change out of manganese liners on the secondary cones every 3rd shift. Despite this challenge, we consistently produced over 6,000 tonnes per shift - without a major breakdown on site throughout the project. Rapid processed and stockpiled in excess of 1,000,000 tonnes of -50mm Basecourse and -22mm Roadbase utilising a workforce of up to 50 FIFO employees working a continuous 4/1 week roster.
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NRW (CAPE LAMBERT EXPANSION PROJECT)
Rapid Crushing was engaged by NRW to process 1,400,000 tonnes of specialised fill material for bulk earthworks for the Rio Tinto stockyard update programme at Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s Cape Lambert ship loading operations.
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CONCRETE AND ROAD MAKING AGGREGATES
Rapid Crushing has been a preferred crushing and screening contractor to Hanson since 2006, at Hanson’s hard rock quarry in Karratha WA. Here, Rapid has been producing Basecourse, Roadbase, Concrete Aggregates and 7/10/14 mm Sealing Aggregates.
RAIL BALLAST AND SUB BALLAST MATERIALS
Rapid Crushing has completed numerous projects requiring rail ballast and sub ballast capping materials, from local quarrying operations.
STEMMING MATERIALS
Rapid periodically processes stemming materials as part of the long term contractual arrangements at each respective client’s operating site.
RAPID DAM CONTRACTORS
In addition to offering crushing & screening services, Rapid has established a new service in constructing mine site tailings facilities. This new company, in the Rapid Group, provides expertise in tailings storage facilities; related mine site civil construction works, and in particular, offers services in building wet and dry lift tailings storage facilities, plus lined ponds built to any size. The company also undertakes dam extensions, the construction and raising of embankments and rehabilitation earthworks. By having the strength of Rapid Crushing & Screening the new operation gains immediate access to a massive array of earthmoving equipment and capabilities of providing an Australia wide service.
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MOBILE TRACK PLANT
Rapid Crushing maintains a fleet of purpose built mobile track mounted crushing circuits that are best suited to smaller size crushing campaigns of less than 500,000 tonne.
With the recent purchase of a track C160 Jaw Crusher, one of the world’s biggest track mounted crushers, Rapid can cover most needs. All track mounted crushers and screens are self-powered with inbuilt diesel engines and hydraulics, so they don’t rely on gen set or grid power. They are easily transported and commissioned with remote controls for ease of loading and unloading from low loaders and setting up in place. They are best suited to confined areas and in applications where the plant needs to be moved short distances during the crushing campaign for efficiencies in the works.
MODULAR PLANT
Modular crushing circuits are suited to campaigns in excess of 500,000 tonnes and where the plant does not require re-location during the project term. Being electric powered makes modular circuits more reliable than their track
mounted counterparts.
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Rapid designs and fabricates all of the modules, attachments and conveyor systems that house the crushers and screens.
All module crushers and screens are electric powered by gen set and switchboards. They require cranes to set in place which makes setting up more complex but much more reliable than the more mobile options.
FIXED PLANT
Fixed crushing circuits are best suited to campaigns in excess of one year duration and in excess of 1,000,000 tonnes per annum. This type of plant is capable of producing over 1,200 tonnes per hour and depending
on, material and product, can produce over 6,000,000 tonnes per annum. Fixed plants have a heavier duty construction and are purpose built for the specific application. Rapid has taken on many production challenges and our fixed plant options always come out on top. We build our fixed plants to the highest standards and with what we believe is the largest team of experienced personnel and management, we’re confident of you meeting or exceeding your targets.
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Equipment Hire
Rapid Crushing has invested in high quality plant and machinery and is able to offer the best solutions available to your hire needs.
Track Jaws, Cones and Screens
Impact Crushers Front End Loaders
Mobile Conveyors & Stackers
SUSTAINABILITY
Rapid Crushing is committed to the preservation and enhancement of the environment.
We acknowledge our responsibility for the protection of the environment throughout all stages of the product and operational life cycles.
To uphold these standards Rapid will: • Comply with current environment legislation • Respect community environmental values • Support sustainable development
Rapid acknowledges its corporate responsibility to support both community and charity
Rapid takes pride in supporting many charity groups, voluntary organisations and community groups. Below is an overview of some of the support Rapid has provided to the community.
Princess Margaret Foundation WA Rapid committed to 5 years of funding towards a building fund program established by PMH for the construction of the new Ronald McDonald House in Nedlands.
Ronald McDonald House (RMH) in Nedlands WA Rapid continues to be an annual sponsor of 2 x apartments inside RMH that provides accommodation for regional and remote families of children with long term hospitalisation in the adjoining Perth Children’s Hospital.
Down Syndrome WA Since 2012, Rapid has been, and continues to be, the major sponsor of the annual Butterfly Ball, being the major fundraising event for this worthy cause.
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McGrath Foundation This foundation was established back in 2010 to promote awareness of breast cancer and contribute to the development of prevention and care facilities across Australia. Rapid was involved in the annual sponsorship of a Pink Prime Mover Truck & Trailer operated by Gavin Transport. This truck travelled around Australia not only delivering goods, but visually promoting the message of breast cancer awareness and raising donations along the way.
Mobile Dental Clinic In a joint venture with the Royal Flying Doctor Service & Karara Mining Limited, for the 3 year period 2013 to 2016, Rapid was a co-sponsor in funding the annual cost of delivering mobile dental services to remote areas in the Mid-West region of WA. It is our understanding that this initiative was the first of its kind in WA. The purpose - built mobile dental clinic is manned by a fully qualified dentist & dental therapist, complete with dental surgery and all support equipment.
Sports Arena – Kambalda WA Back in 2008 Rapid donated funds to the construction of a new sports pavilion in Kambalda WA and has a function room named in our honour. This sports stadium is central to providing community services in the region and is the central point of social activities in the district.
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PERTH OFFICE: 577 Bickley Road, Maddington. Western Australia 6109 Phone: (08) 9452 5888
QUEENSLAND OFFICE: 31 Dozer Drive, Paget Industrial Park,
Mackay, Queensland 4740 Phone: (07) 4952 3888
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