Our Work
Business Development
The Business development opportunities which are being considered for medium to long term inclusion in our business portfolio include:
- Additional resources and energy sector support services such as full maintenance services and specialist transport,
- Land and property development and management in the residential and industrial sectors,
- Carbon farming and trading,
- Tourism and,
- Aquaculture
Business portfolio
Five core business areas represent our strategic focus which leverage our competitive advantages in skills, knowledge, and assets.
wangarri crane & equipment hire
Wangarri Crane and Equipment Hire has been established as a joint venture with Boddington's Hire. This is with a view to provide Crane and Equipment hire services to the highest standards, founded on enduring Aboriginal culture and heritage, whilst maximising value to stakeholders for today and the future. Wangarri Crane and Equipment Hire provides lifting solutions to all sectors of Australian industry. Specialising in dry hire, Wangarri provides a quality service that meets clients’ needs at a competitive price. Wangarri means “Coming to Life”, which represents the commercial journey of the owners.
Wangarri Crane and Equipment Hire, is the first of MCL’s ventures into providing services to the Pilbara economy.
murujuga commercial transport
Murujuga Commercial Transport Pty Ltd has been established in partnership with Australian Transit Group (ATG) with a view to establishing an enduring and empowered Aboriginal business which will deliver bus transport services to major clients. ATG group is a privately owned and operated company that consists of a range of smaller brands across Australia with over 1000 buses across Australia.
GANAJI CONTRACTING
Murujuga Commercial and Matera Electrical have forged a powerful alliance, uniting their expertise to establish an exceptional joint venture business specialising in electrical services, namely Ganaji Contracting. The word Ganaji means Lightning, which is represented by stylised yellow rays and waves on the outer fringes of the logo.
Together, we have harnessed our collective strengths to deliver an unparalleled range of capabilities in Electrical and Instrumentation, HVAC Installations, and Maintenance services. Matera Electrical is a recognised Aboriginal business and currently provides high voltage services to Woodside with over 8 years of oil and gas operational experience.
BURiya services
MCL has established a joint venture with KBSS to provide a skills sourcing and placement service to major clients, namely Buriya Services. Buriya means tides, where the land and sea meet. This signifies the unity of resources across the land and seas.
KBSS is a leading Mechanical service provider to the Oil & Gas, Construction and Mining industries, with an outstanding reputation for delivering safe, reliable and cost-effective project outcomes across the resource sector throughout Australia and abroad.
jatu clothing & PPE COLLABORATION
Jatu Clothing is an Aboriginal owned family business dedicated to providing workwear solutions of the highest quality, competitively priced, to suit a wide range of workplace environments.
MCL are collaborating with Jatu Clothing whereby Jatu designs and organises the manufacture and sale of workwear and corporate wear that incorporates Aboriginal artwork, with a percentage of the profits flowing towards a community benefit fund.
Jatu have explored this model in other parts of the State and are currently supplying a range of organisations with PPE that incorporate Aboriginal artwork, including FMG, and have existing designers, manufacturers, and a full understanding of the supply chain requirements.
The Constitution of MCL states that amongst its Objects is to “…alleviate poverty and disadvantage of Aboriginal people through the growth, establishment and operation of Aboriginal owned or operated businesses…”. This collaboration is directly aimed at delivering on this Object.
Core competencies
- Integrating Aboriginal culture and heritage with business opportunities
- Partnering and deal making
- Portfolio structuring, design and management
- Value-based leadership and management
Business services is currently our primary strategic focus with an established equipment hire business as well as a new transport service due to launch soon. These businesses provide employment, skills and training opportunities for Aboriginal people.
Crane and equipment hire
We provide dry or wet hire of cranes, reach stackers, forklifts and telehandlers of various sizes and specifications to the mining, industrial and commercial sectors.
Personnel transport
This new business will provide contracted services for the transport of employees and contractors to industrial facilities in the Karratha and surrounding areas.
Land access
We acquire land for lease for laydown, staging areas and storage.