The Queensland Resources Council will today announce a six-point plan for the future of the sector.

Chief executive Michael Roche will detail the plan at a Resource Industry Network lunch in Mackay in north Queensland.

He said the plan would include calls to government to ensure port and rail infrastructure was upgraded to keep up with industry demand and limiting the ability green groups had to launch legal action against projects.

"This is very much our focus over the next year in talking to state and federal governments," he said.

"These are the big issues coming through from our members and these are the sorts of issues that government needs to be addressing if we're going to be in good shape to take advantage of the next upturn."

Mr Roche said Mackay was an ideal place to outline the plan.

"I think the activists will hate it, I think government will find it challenging and I think that industry thinks this is the time to start talking about the upturn," he said.

"So Mackay is the perfect place because Mackay has been suffering from the downturn and Mackay is well placed to be the community to benefit from the upturn."