Mining & Resources Helicopter Lifting in Queensland
Downtime is the cost. When a shutdown is running hot, our AS350 moves the component in about 20 minutes of flight time that a haul road truck would take hours to deliver.
The problem
Why this lift is hard the conventional way
On a resources site the value of a lift is measured against production lost per hour. Conventional access is slow precisely when speed is worth the most.
- Crane mobilisation to remote pits and camps takes days.
- Haul road movements interrupt production and require escorts.
- Shutdown windows are fixed; overruns cascade through the schedule.
- Exploration corridors often have no formed access at all.
How we do it
Aircraft, rigging, crew and duration
- Aircraft
- AS350, working maximum 800 kg on the hook
- Rigging method
- Long line, load cell, engineered spreader sets
- Crew
- Pilot, loadmaster, two riggers, site-inducted ground controller
- Typical duration
- Day-rate tasking, sequenced to your shutdown plan, about 20 minutes flight time per cycle
- Scope reconciled against your shutdown or exploration programme.
- Site induction, permit to work and radio protocols established.
- Fuel and lay-down secured on site, hot refuel where approved.
- Tasking flown to the schedule, with contingency loads pre-rigged.
Typical loads
What we lift, what it weighs, what it takes
| Item | Weight range | Aircraft | Typical time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conveyor idler frames | 300–650 kg | AS350 | 6 min/cycle |
| Pipeline section (short) | 350–700 kg | AS350 | 10 min |
| Exploration drill component | 400–780 kg | AS350 | 12 min |
| Pump and skid package | 350–700 kg | AS350 | 10 min |
| Camp and supply pallets | 300–650 kg | AS350 | 5 min/cycle |
Indicative only. Working payload reduces with radius, temperature and density altitude; every load is confirmed against the day's conditions.
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Lifts we have flown
650 kg
Shutdown conveyor components, staged cycles
Component set split into nine loads and placed inside a 6-hour window, avoiding a 14-hour haul road movement.
Mackay & Whitsundays · AS350
700 kg
Exploration camp establishment
Camp and drill support flown to a site with no formed access, each cycle about 20 minutes.
Mount Isa & North West · AS350
600 kg
Pipeline crossing sections
Eleven sections placed along a gully crossing over two days.
Rockhampton · AS350
Site requirements
What you need ready on the day
- Site induction and permit to work completed for our crew.
- Nominated exclusion zones cleared of personnel and light vehicles.
- Certified weights, lifting points and engineered rigging plan.
- Approved fuel storage or refuelling arrangement on or near site.
- Radio channel and ground controller for the duration of tasking.
Cost factors
What moves the number
Distance from base
Bowen Basin and North West tasking carries significant ferry time.
Days on site
Multi-day tasking spreads mobilisation across far more lifts.
Payload class
Loads are packaged and split to stay within the AS350's 800 kg working maximum.
Standby requirements
Aircraft held for a shutdown contingency is billed at a standby rate.
Questions
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Coverage
Where we fly this work
We provide mining & resources lifting across Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba & Darling Downs, Wide Bay, Rockhampton & Capricorn Coast, Mackay & Whitsundays, Townsville, Cairns & Far North Queensland, Mount Isa & North West Queensland, Moreton Bay & Islands and everywhere else in Queensland, mobilising from 18 min in Brisbane to 5.8 hours in the North West.
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