What Carey Group does

Carey Group Holdings is a privately held, 100% Indigenous-owned and staffed commercial enterprise headquartered in Malaga, Western Australia, operating across four integrated service lines: Mining (delivered through the Carey Mining brand), Civil & Construction, Training (including the Carey Mining Academy), and First Nation Engineering (FNE). Founded in 1995, the company reports 320 employees, all of whom are Indigenous, with Indigenous executive leadership and 27+ years of project delivery experience concentrated in the Western Australian resources and infrastructure sectors. Notable operational credentials include a documented Lost Time Injury (LTI)-free record at Mining Area C for multiple years, and the company operates dedicated Traditional Owner Engagement and social-investment programs through partnerships with Carey Education, Caring Communities, and the Western Australian Council of Social Service (WACSS).

The company's core offering is professional services delivery rather than proprietary technology: project execution, civil works, marine civil construction, mining site services, workforce training, and a specialty First Nation Engineering capability that combines traditional Indigenous knowledge with engineering practice. Revenue is generated through quote-based, project-by-project B2B contracts with mining companies, construction firms, and government clients in Western Australia, with the enterprise field sales motion targeting Tier-1 resource operators that need a partner capable of meeting Indigenous procurement and reconciliation targets. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; the company is privately held with no stock exchange listing, no disclosed funding rounds, and no recorded M&A, restructuring, or leadership transition events in the available data.

Carey Group is differentiated primarily on social license-to-operate factors rather than technical IP: its status as a 100% Indigenous workforce provider, its Indigenous executive leadership, and its community-rooted engagement model create defensible positioning in WA mining procurement. The First Nation Engineering division is the closest analogue to a differentiated technical product. Geographic operations remain concentrated in Western Australia, with no disclosed expansion outside the state, and there is no evidence of digital platform infrastructure, APIs, or AI/ML capability in the supplied material.

Name

Carey Group

Legal name

Carey Group Holdings

Website

https://careymining.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Carey Group Holdings is a privately held, 100% Indigenous-owned Western Australian enterprise delivering mining, civil & construction, training, and First Nation Engineering services to mining companies, construction firms, and government clients, with 320 Indigenous staff across its four integrated service lines.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mining and Civil Construction Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Metal Mining (213114), Support Activities for Mining (2131)

SIC

Metal Mining (1000)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Mining & Mineral Processing Facility Construction (IMAFADAE), Mine Infrastructure & Utilities EPC (Power, Water, Comms, Camps, Roads, Airstrips) (IMAKAOAB)

Keywords

• Mining services
• Civil construction
• Workforce training
• Marine civil works
• First Nation engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Welshpool

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Mining Services: Project delivery services for mining operations including civil works, site construction, and ongoing maintenance
2. Civil & Construction: Marine civil and general construction services for commercial and infrastructure projects
3. Training Services: Workforce training and development programs including mining academy and skills training

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Carey Group Holdings is a Western Australia-based mining, civil, construction and training services company delivering projects for resource companies, government agencies and infrastructure clients. It operates four service lines — Mining, Civil & Construction, Training (including the Mining Academy), and First Nation Engineering — delivered by a 100% Indigenous workforce.

Product overview

Carey Group Holdings is a services company offering an integrated portfolio of four core service lines: Mining, Civil & Construction, Training, and First Nation Engineering. These services are delivered through the parent company Carey Group Holdings, with the mining division operating under the Carey Mining brand. The company is Australia's leading First Nation commercial enterprise with over 27 years of project delivery excellence. The services are offered as a unified capability set, with the Mining Academy providing training pathways to support workforce needs across all divisions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mining Services Project delivery and operations services for mining clients, including site construction, civil works and ongoing maintenance at mine sites such as Mining Area C. Delivered for major resource companies and contractors in Western Australia.
• Civil & Construction Marine civil and general construction services for commercial and infrastructure projects across Western Australia, delivered with a specialist First Nation workforce.
• Training (Mining Academy) Workforce training and skills development programs including the Mining Academy, providing career pathways into the mining industry for Indigenous job seekers and staff.
• First Nation Engineering (FNE) Specialized engineering services focused on First Nation communities, combining traditional knowledge with modern engineering practices to support Indigenous engagement and economic development outcomes for clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% Indigenous workforce (320 staff)
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Carey EducationcoreOthersCommunity initiative supporting education pathways and career development for Indigenous communities. Referenced as a giving back initiative to communities.
• Caring CommunitiescoreOthersCommunity organization supported by Carey Group as part of social sustainability initiatives. Supports community giving back programs.
• WACSS (Western Australian Council of Social Service)supportingOthersPartnership with WACSS to support social service initiatives and community welfare in Western Australia.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Perenti (Barminco / Ausdrill): ASX-listed diversified mining services group operating underground hard-rock and surface mining contracts across Australia and globally, serving as a key peer for Carey's mine operations contracting model.
• DRA Global: ASX-listed mining engineering and project delivery firm operating across mine design, EPCM, and operations support — comparable to Carey's project delivery and First Nation Engineering offerings.
• Brierty: WA-based civil and mining services contractor delivering earthworks, road construction, and mine infrastructure for Pilbara miners — directly comparable to Carey's civil & construction and mining site works.
• Macmahon Holdings: ASX-listed mining services contractor providing surface mining, underground mining, and civil construction services to Australian resource companies — highly comparable to Carey's mining and civil/construction divisions.
• Clough: Australian EPC and construction contractor with mining and infrastructure delivery across the Pilbara, providing a comparable engineering-led project delivery model to Carey's services.
• NRW Holdings: ASX-traded Australian mining services and civil contractor delivering mine development, production load-and-haul, and civil infrastructure to tier-1 miners, directly comparable to Carey's project delivery and operations offering.
• Banlaw: Indigenous-owned Australian industrial services and asset management company supplying mining and heavy industrial clients — closely comparable to Carey's Indigenous-led mining and industrial services model.
• Whittens: Western Australian engineering, civil, and mining contractor with similar scope across non-process infrastructure and mine-site construction, comparable to Carey's civil & construction capability.

Emerging players

• Yurika: Indigenous-owned Australian energy and infrastructure services provider serving resource-sector clients — comparable to Carey as another Australian Indigenous-led enterprise operating in resource customer industries.

Broad incumbents

• Downer EDI: Large ASX-listed infrastructure and mining services group with a mining division covering drill-and-blast, load-and-haul, and mine maintenance across Australia — a broader incumbent with overlapping service lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/careygroupaustralia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/carey-mining

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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