Boral appointed major supplier for Black Rock Motor Resort
Company to supply sustainable and recycled construction materials for Australia’s first luxury motorsport retreat
BORAL Ltd have been appointed as the major construction materials supplier for Black Rock Motor Resort, Australia’s first multi-million-dollar driving circuit and luxury resort at Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, NSW.
Built on a rehabilitated and repurposed former coal mine at Wakefield, the 252ha world-class facility will be constructed using sustainable and recycled materials supplied by Boral. Black Rock Motor Resort will include a 5.4km high-speed circuit, driver training academy, electric go-karts, and luxury accommodation, dining and leisure facilities.
The development will see Boral exclusively supply around 15,000m3 of their lower-carbon concrete, which reduces embodied carbon by up to 50%; around 150,000 tonnes of natural and recycled aggregates; and asphalt. The company has already commenced the supply of quarry materials to the project, which is expected to be operational in mid-2026.
Boral chief executive officer Vik Bansal said: ‘We’re extremely pleased to be the major supplier of materials to Black Rock Motor Resort, an exciting new development and attraction that is 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 was a project we wanted to partner with based on an aligned sustainability approach and the circular story of a rehabilitated mine.
‘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’s founder and chief executive officer, said: ‘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.’
