Name

PIMS Group

Legal name

PIMS Group Pty Ltd

Website

https://pimsgroup.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Underground Coal Mining Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Coal Mining (213113), Support Activities for Mining (213), Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333131)

SIC

Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530), Mining Machinery & Equip (No Oil & Gas Field Mach & Equip) (3532)

akta.pro primary industry

Mine Operations Contracting (Open-Pit & Underground Development, Production, Load/Haul) (IMAKAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mine Maintenance & Asset Reliability Contracting (Mobile/Fixed Plant Maintenance, Shutdowns, Overhauls) (IMAKAKAF), Mine Site Support Services (Camp/Catering, Security, Fuel & Lubricants, Water, Waste, Roads) (IMAKAKAE), Mine Ventilation, Dust Control & Gas Monitoring Equipment (IMAKANAF), Mining & Heavy Equipment Operator Staffing (BPACAEAI)

Keywords

• Underground mining services
• Mining equipment hire
• Coal mining contracting
• Engineering workshop services
• Mining labour hire

Headquarters

HQ city

Mackay

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Underground mining services contracts: Long-term and project-based contracts delivering whole-of-mine operations including bord and pillar mining, development drivage, longwall operations and relocations, conveyor installation and maintenance, shotfiring, ventilation installation, secondary support and outbye services. Contracts span major mining houses across Queensland and New South Wales.
2. Specialised equipment hire: Hire of specialised underground mining equipment including continuous miners, loaders, road headers, feeder breakers, auxiliary fans and QDS equipment to internal projects and external clients.
3. Engineering and mechanical workshop services: Revenue from compliance inspections, services and repairs, general fabrication, auto-electrical, underground diesel engine rebuilds and brake testing delivered through the Moranbah engineering workshop to both mining-industry and community clients.
4. Labour hire and professional consulting: Supply of operational, trades and statutory personnel for underground coal projects, plus professional consulting services delivered by senior management covering all site operational and legislative requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

PIMS Group delivers end-to-end underground coal mining contracting services across Queensland and New South Wales, covering whole-of-mine operations including bord and pillar mining, mine roadway development, longwall operations and relocations, conveyor belt installation and maintenance, shotfiring, ventilation control device installation, secondary support, labour hire and outbye support services. The offering is supported by a dedicated Moranbah engineering workshop providing compliance inspections, fabrication, brake testing, diesel engine rebuilds and auto-electrical services, plus a dry-hire fleet of specialised underground mining equipment (continuous miners, loaders, road headers, feeder breakers and QDS pods).

Product overview

PIMS Group operates a platform of four major divisions — Engineering, Mining, Consulting, and Group Services — that together form an end-to-end underground coal mining services offering rather than a single unified software product. The Mining division delivers Underground Mining Services (including Mine Roadway Development, Bord and Pillar Mining, Development Drivage, Conveyor Belt Installations and Maintenance, Installation of Secondary Support, Installation of Ventilation Control Devices, Shotfiring of Excavation, and Stone and Roadheader Drivage) alongside Longwall Mining Services, Labour Hire, and Support Services. The Engineering division, centred on the Moranbah workshop, provides Engineering Workshop Services (mine site compliance inspections, services and repairs, general fabrication, auto-electrical, underground diesel engine rebuilds, and brake testing). The Specialised Equipment Hire offering underpins the operational services with a maintained fleet (Sandvik MB670 Continuous Miners, LS170 Loaders, Auxiliary Fans, Driftrunner VLI F Series, Swanson Road Header, Ontrak Feeder Breaker, and QDS pods), while the Consulting division provides professional technical advice across site operational and legislative requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Underground Mining Services End-to-end underground coal mining contracting across Queensland and New South Wales, covering bord and pillar mining, development drivage, stone and roadheader drivage, conveyor belt installation and maintenance, shotfiring of excavations, and ventilation installation. Delivered on customer mine sites under multi-year contracts for enterprise mining houses.
• Engineering Workshop Services Moranbah-based mechanical engineering workshop providing mine site compliance inspections, vehicle services and repairs (4WD through heavy road transport), general fabrication and machining, auto-electrical work, underground diesel engine rebuilds (AS3584:3), and brake testing (AS2958.1) for the mining industry and the general public.
• Specialised Equipment Hire Dry-hire fleet of maintained underground mining equipment, including Sandvik MB670 Continuous Miners, LS170 Loaders, Auxiliary Fans, Driftrunner VLI F Series units, a Swanson Road Header, an Ontrak Feeder Breaker, and a range of QDS (Quick Deployment Support) pods (transport, cable boat, cribroom, road leveller, bolt, ducksbill, consumable, tool, and mesh pods). Hired directly to enterprise mining clients.
• Longwall Mining Services Complete longwall mining solution offering skilled operators, experienced managers, and industry experts on short and long-term contracts, including recovery of civil installations, installation of secondary and remedial support, and communications installation.
• Consulting Services Professional consulting delivered by the senior management team on site operational and legislative requirements, providing technical expertise and support across all aspects of the underground mining process and its support services.
• Labour Hire Provision of operational, trades and statutory personnel for projects of any size, including labour coverage, mining contracts, or complete mining project execution across Queensland and New South Wales.
• Support Services General underground support including outbye services (roadwork and stone dusting), statutory services, support systems, construction of sumps, and care and maintenance for underground coal operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20 contracts won over 10 years across QLD and NSW, with 9 NSW contracts secured within 2 years of NSW market entry
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor regional sponsorship, major regional sponsorship, strategic industry partnership, flagship community partnership, core equipment supplier and compliance reference.

• GH United (Mackay Indigenous Football Carnival)minor regional sponsorshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2023PIMS Group has proudly sponsored GH United's Mackay Indigenous Football Carnival since 2023, supporting Indigenous football and community engagement in the Mackay region.
• Mackay Golf Clubmajor regional sponsorshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2021PIMS Group is a Major Sponsor of the Mackay Golf Club (founded 1925) since 2021, including sponsorship of the Festival of Golf which supports the Mackay community, Mackay businesses and the QLD PGA.
• Bowen Basin Underground Geotechnical Society (BBUGS)strategic industry partnershipGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2020PIMS Group has proudly sponsored the Bowen Basin Underground Geotechnical Society (BBUGS) since 2020, aligning with the company's underground coal mining technical focus and supporting industry geotechnical collaboration.
• BMA CQ Rescueflagship community partnershipGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2019PIMS Group has been a proud sponsor of BMA CQ Rescue since 2019. CQ Rescue is a community-funded aeromedical organisation providing rapid response across Central and North Queensland. PIMS sponsorship supports a 'world-class aeromedical helicopter service' available anywhere, anytime in Central Queensland. CEO Ian Rowan and PIMS Director Andrew Itzstein are quoted in support of the partnership.
• Tieri Golf Club Pro-Amminor regional sponsorshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2018PIMS Group has proudly sponsored the Tieri Golf Club Pro-Am since 2018 as part of its commitment to the Tieri community.
• Emerald Golf Club Pro-Amminor regional sponsorshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2018PIMS Group has sponsored the Emerald Golf Club Pro-Am in 2018, 2019, 2023 and 2024 (multi-year regional community partnership).
• Sandvikcore equipment supplierOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerPIMS Group operates a Sandvik MB670 Continuous Miner in its hire fleet, indicating a direct equipment supply/manufacturer relationship with Sandvik for underground mining machinery.
• Standards Australia (AS3584:3, AS2958.1)compliance referenceOthersPIMS Engineering Workshop delivers underground diesel engine rebuilds to AS3584:3 and brake testing to AS2958.1 (with Approved Brake Testing Competencies AURKTB002, AURLTB002, AURHTB005), aligning operations with these Australian Standards.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• GHD: Australian engineering, architecture and consulting firm providing technical services to the mining sector, including underground coal geotechnical and mine planning support. Adjacent/complementary to PIMS' Consulting division and the Bowen Basin Underground Geotechnical Society (BBUGS) sponsorship footprint.

Direct peers

• Perenti Global: ASX-listed global mining services group operating underground and surface mining, equipment hire (Barminco) and consulting. Directly comparable underground coal and hard-rock mining contracting, equipment hire and maintenance offering, with a global footprint that PIMS lacks.
• Macmahon Holdings: ASX-listed surface and underground mining contractor providing mine operation, equipment hire and engineering services across Australia and Southeast Asia. Competes with PIMS for underground coal scopes and shares a similar multi-state Australian operating model with blue-chip mining house customers.
• Emeco Holdings: ASX-listed mining equipment rental specialist operating a large fleet of loaders, trucks and underground mining equipment across Australia. Directly comparable to PIMS' Specialised Equipment Hire revenue stream, with similar mining house customers and QLD/NSW operating footprint.
• Mastermyne Group: ASX-listed Australian underground coal mining contractor providing similar services — longwall operations, roadway development, conveyor installation, equipment hire and labour hire — to many of the same mining houses (BMA, Anglo American, Whitehaven, Glencore) across QLD and NSW. Most directly comparable peer by service mix, customer base and geography.
• BGC Contracting: Australian mining and civil contractor providing underground and open-cut mining services, equipment hire and engineering. Competes with PIMS for Australian coal scopes and shares the same major mining house customer base across QLD and NSW.
• NRW Holdings: ASX-listed diversified mining and civil contractor with underground mining services, equipment hire and maintenance operations across Australia. Overlaps with PIMS in coal and metalliferous underground contracting and shares exposure to the same major mining house customers.
• PYBAR Mining Services: Australian underground hard-rock and coal mining contractor (owned by PE firm). Directly comparable offering of underground development, production mining, equipment hire and engineering services to mid-tier and major miners across Australia, including coal operations in QLD/NSW.

Emerging players

• DDH1 Drilling: ASX-listed Australian drilling contractor providing exploration and production drilling services to mining customers, with a growing underground coal and metals drilling presence. Partial overlap with PIMS as a mining services provider to many of the same Australian coal customers.

Broad incumbents

• Thiess (CIMIC Group): Largest Australian mining services contractor and subsidiary of CIMIC Group, operating across coal, metals and iron ore. Overlaps with PIMS in underground coal (longwall, development, equipment hire) and in the same BMA/Glencore/Anglo customer accounts, but at materially larger scale and broader geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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