Date: Saturday April 14, 2012

A   BURLEIGH   Heads dust buster is making a packet after spying a gap in the coal industry for its special suppressive tactics.

Reynolds Soil Technologies is projecting major growth off the fact that resource giants, which spend billions extracting high quality coal, don’t want to see bits of it blowing away in the breeze.

“We have estimated Queens­ land pumps out around   two million rail wagons of coal a year with 80 MT of coal per wagon, however the quality of coal is often ruined during the material handling process,” said RST technical and operations director David Handel.

No ordinary dust buster, RST has fine-tuned its Total Coal Control dust suppression technology to stop not just fly-aways but treat the coal itself on the journey from pit to port.

“By using TCC we are able to stop degradation occurring, which in turn gives coal buyers a delivered product that has a higher calorific value than non­ treated coal,” Mr Handel said.

“This is very important as the calorific value measures the energy produced by the coal, a higher    value   will   therefore maximise the coal’s worth.

” He said an increase of 3 per cent in value was worth a signifi­cant amount to the industry.

“As a dust suppressant TCC improves visibility, safety and saves large quantities of water, ‘he said.

“Benefits to coal stockpiles also include improvements to the control of self-combustion, minimisation of water pen­etration, reduced hang up and carry back during conveying and transport, and the improvement of fines recovery at the coal washeries.”

RST, which has 15 employees on the coast, also supplies Boral Quarry at West Burleigh with about 1000 lit res of product a month including Hi-Foam dust suppressant and Heavy Water solution. The company also has a based in Welshpool, Western   Australia and operates in South America, South Africa, Asia and New Caledonia.

Date: January 2012

dust Solutions company Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST) has taken out the 2011 award for best Environmental Management at the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards at the weekend.

RST was presented with the esteemed accolade at an exclusive black tie gala dinner at Jupiters Gold Coast in November, having qualified for the overall award category after winning the Excellence award for October this year.

RST operations and technical director David Handel said the award was a great achievement for the team and an honour for the company to be recognised in an area it is extremely passionate about.

“We are thrilled to have won the overall award for Environmental Management,” said Mr Handel.

“Winning the October award was a great honour, to have taken out the overall award is a great achievement, and one we are all very proud of.

“To be recognised for environmental management excellence really is at the core of what we do and the solutions we provide.”

Senior representatives Paul Heimburger and Dino Machado accepted the award on stage, on behalf of the RST team.

RST has more than 20 years experience specialising in total dust management, soil stabilisation and erosion, water and agricultural solutions for mine sites, haul roads, ports and land sites.

Now with headquarters on the Gold Coast and in Welshpool, Western Australia, RST has won contracts on mine sites all over Australia including the Hunter Valley NSW, WA, the Northern Territory and throughout Queensland.

RST’s reputation and success in Australian mines has also pushed them into overseas markets.

Following rapid expansion in the past two years, the company now manages operations in South America, South Africa, Asia and New Caledonia, providing solutions to some of the biggest mining houses in the world.

With qualified site technicians managing each program, RST implements continual improvement programs to ensure that all products and systems are supplying clients with optimum results.

Date: Thursday February 16, 2012

A BURLEIGH Heads business is making inroads to control dust at mines thousands of kilometres away.

Reynolds Soil Technologies started operating out of the Gold Coast in 2003 and is looking to expand its operations this year.

Operations and technical director David Handel said 2011 was a successful year for company expansion and growth and although most work comes from interstate and overseas, the Burleigh Heads Industrial area offers a central location with access to the M1 and the Port of Brisbane.

“The focus for 2012 is on continued research and development in order to develop new technologies to be able to provide better solutions for our clients” he said.

“We also plan to continue building strategic alliances with companies that will allow us to join forces in offering clients cutting edge solutions.

“Australia is in the middle of mining and resources boom and our company develops industry leading and environmental friendly dust and fine particle solutions and technologies that are in high demand from our clients, both in Australia and overseas.

“We have been fortunate in our line of business that we have not been affected a great deal from the Global Financial Crisis. With the mining boom continuing, there is always strong demand for our services”.

The company employees 15 people at its Burleigh headquarters and won the Gold Coast award for best Environmental Management at the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards in late 2011.

It also  has a headquarter in Welshpool, WA and has been contracted for mine sites all over Australia including the Hunter Valley in NSW, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and throughout Queensland. In the past two years it has managed operations in South America, South Africa, Asia and New Caledonia.

Publication: Gold Coast Bulletin
Date: 30 November 2011

Reynolds Soil Technology (RST) is a Queensland dust solutions company gone global.

Founded by technical director David Handel, RST has built its strength and reputation from humble beginnings on the Gold Coast.

The team’s hard work paid off as the company was honoured with the environmental management award.

“This is great recognition for us in an area we are very passionate about,” Mr Handel said. “To now be recognised by our peers for environmental management excellence really is at the core of what we do and the solutions we provide.”

PWR Performance Products has wrapped up a bumper year by being named the Gold Coast Business of the Year.

The automotive cooling specialists, which are based at Yatala, received the honour at a gala function at Jupiter’s Hotel and Casino on Saturday.

PWR exports its systems all over the world and boasts Formula 1 and NASCAR teams among its customers, along with Volswagen Touregs, Aston Martin and Porsche Cup cars.

Race car driver Paul Weel, who set up the company with his father Kees Weel in 1997, said the award was an exciting honour for the company and its more than 60 staff.

Mr Weel said PWR was still operated as a family business, despite achieving 20 per vent growth last year.

“We don’t spend a lot of money on promotion,” he said.

“Word of mouth is the best advertisement as far as we are concerned.”

Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards president Ian Cousins said: ”As a specialist manufacturer of radiations and intercoolers, the PWR brand has fast-tracked its way to becoming a major brand in top tier motorsport.”

The Gold Coast Suns picked up the Mayors Corporate Social Responsibility honour at the Gold Coast Business Awards.

Mr Cousins said the Suns were committed to supporting the community through a range of programs and activities and in 2011 contributed 5000 hours to supporting charities and causes.

The Magic Millions business took out the honours in the Tourism, Hospitality and Events category.

The company, which specialises in integrated vegetation management, has grown from a one-man business to a multi-million-dollar organisation servicing government and commercial customers between northern NSW and the Sunshine Coast.

Burleigh Brewing Company won the Mayor’s Innovation GC Award.

The Emerging Business Award was won by ICON Software Solutions, which specialists in providing web-based software to councils in the areas of online planning, electronic lodgement, corporate reporting and work project management.

Coolabah Tree Cafes won the Retail, Wholesale and Distribution Award.

In the other categories, Back in Motion Health Group won the Trades, Professions and Services Award, GCOMM won the Information Technology and Multimedia Award, Reynolds Soil Technology claimed the Environmental Management honours and 3Dme won the Bob Scott Encouragement Award.

A BURLEIGH business building roads in some of the most remote areas of the world has earned an engineer a finals spot in a Gold Coast business award.

Sebastian Karsas, from Proof Engineers, is one of the finalists in the 2011 Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

Mr Karsas is one of the directors of the engineering company that uses the art of road stabilisation with engineering principles to build better roads in remote areas that have material and cost restraints.

Since the company started in February, its revenue had reached $1.5 million and growth next year is expected to be in the range of 50% to 70%.

David Handel and Peter Parkinson are two other directors of Proof Engineers who nominated the engineer graduate for the 2011 Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

Awards founder Jason Oxenbridge said the finalists each brought key quality to their respective organisations.

“It’s overwhelming to see such incredible dedication and tenacity by all of the finalists, but what inspires the judges each year is the leadership qualities they possess,” he said.

Reynolds Soil Technologies has teamed with helicopter charter company Calibre Aviation to offer aerial dust suppression for remote and inaccessible mines.

Reynolds Soil Technology (RST) technical and development director, David Handel, said ”Working with Calibre Aviation is allowing us to distribute solutions to previously inaccessible areas, such as tailing dams that you can’t drive to.

“Our focus in the past 12 to 18 months has been on upping our product range and market share. Now our goal is to focus on forming strategic alliances.”

Calibre Aviation has a new Super D2 Squirrel helicopter for the dust suppression work, which is capable of carrying 1t of solution. Its current fleet consists of 12 helicopters that can carry up to 1.5t.

Currently, Calibre Aviation specialises in charter operations, geophysical surveying, fire bombing, heavy lifting and power line operations for agriculture and mining companies.

RST operates in North Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia. An initial aerial project is about to start in Mt Isa.

… Another Gold Coast company to salute the winning post was Reynolds Soil Technologies, which won the environmental management award.

RST, which has previously been recognised in the awards, specialises in providing environmentally friendly dust, earth and water solutions to the mining, construction, civil engineering and agricultural industries.

THERE are bound to be a few cases of saddle soreness around town in a little over a week, but the Gold Coast tourism industry should be smiling.

Cyclists are gearing up again for the Wilson HTM Brisbane to Gold Coast Cycle Challenge on October 9.

The event is now in its seventh year and is expected to attract about 10,000 participants. Wilson HTM’s Gold Coast boss Fred Witherow says some of those numbers will translate into room nights for Gold Coast hotels and apartments, as well as bums on seats for restaurants.

The 100km bike ride, which starts at South Bank and winds its way to Beenleigh, Coomera and Helensvale before finishing at the Broadwater Parklands, attracts a who’s who of Queensland businesses.

The Airport Link Project team is sitting at the top of the fundraising table at present with $13,783 in the kitty for heart disease and diabetes.

Gold Coast resource services company Reynolds Soil Technologies is fielding a team of 25 alongside Gold Coaster, Proof Engineers.

RST director and cycling enthusiast David Handel says the mining industry will be out in force, including teams from BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, as heart disease and diabetes were on the rise among mine workers.

He says the highly mechanised mining industry these days was sedentary in nature and many miners were leading an inactive lifestyle.

Reynolds Soil Technology (RST) will put foot to the pedal next month, as the mining resources company takes part in the annual Wilson HTM Cycle Challenge to raise awareness for diabetes and heart disease across Queensland.

To be held on Sunday, October 9, the annual cycling event hosted by Bicycle Queensland is expected to attract more than 10,000 participants and raised over $150,000 in funds for Diabetes Australia – Queensland and the Heart Foundation.

RST’s decision to enter a team of 25 in the 100km bike ride from Brisbane to Gold Coast, came after Diabetes Queensland released new figures this year revealing three quarters of Australian miners are currently overweight and at risk of type 2 diabetes.

Obesity and type 2 diabetes are also directly linked to heart disease, which is now the most common cause of death in Australia.

RST technical and development director and cycling enthusiast David Handel said the event is extremely close to home as the chronic diseases are rising rapidly among workers in the mining industry.

“As a mining resource company, we realise how concerning and damaging these figures are for the mining industry and we want to do everything possible to raise awareness to counteract these serious results,” said Mr Handel.

“Many minors are at risk of type 2 diabetes or heart disease because of their inactive lifestyle and the sedentary nature of the industry.”

“Hopefully by participating in Queensland’s biggest riding event, we can continue to raise awareness and funds to lower obesity within the mining sector and reduce these shocking figures once and for all.”

In July this year, Diabetes Queensland turned its focus to the mining sector during National Diabetes Week, in an attempt to raise awareness around type 2 diabetes its debilitating impact on sufferers.

In light of this, RST will rise alongside teams from mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, as they cycle from Brisbane’s South Bank to Broadwater Parklands in Southport.

“Type 2 diabetes is directly linked to obesity and has many long term health complications including eye disease, kidney disease and never damage as well the number one killer – heart disease,” said Mr Handel.

“However these chronic illnesses are easily preventable by eating well, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and being physically active.”

” By raising money and awareness, we can help to ensure more focus is places on the mining sector to achieve a healthier lifestyle and reduce such life-threatening diseases among our minors.”

Teaming up with Gold Coast based company Proof Engineers, RST will design and sport special jerseys as they ride from the city to the coast in the seventh annual cycle challenge.

This will be the company’s second 100km ride together this year, after entering a team in the Gold Coast’s annual Pedal for Prostate ride hosted by Friday Warriors in May.

Business associated and training partner Sebastian Karsas from Proof Engineers said he wanted to accompany RST again in next month’s ride not only for the worthy cause, but because it endorsed the healthy lifestyle that both himself and Mr Handel live by.

“David and I go cycling together most mornings before work, it’s one of those sports that become addictive,” said Mr Karsas.

“We believe in the importance of maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle and that’s the message we’re trying to get across to not the mining sector, but all of Australia.”

“By participating in this ride it is not only a chance to challenge ourselves physically, but also a great opportunity to ride for health’s sake and raise money and awareness for such a good cause.”