About Us
ABN 93 083 260 440
The company was founded as a privately held trading company in 1999 with the express intention of trading as the ESCO dealer for South Australia and Broken Hill.
Dedicated premises were purchased in 2000 as the business expanded to include the manufacturing and repair of earthmoving buckets, wear components for crushing and screening plants, spare parts for ball mills and floatation systems.
Over the ensuing years other manufacturers sought MQSCo out to represent their goods and services, including;
• Skellerup………..a range of rubber based products for mining and quarrying with projects including the complete lining of Iluka Minerals Wimmera plant
• Locker wire weavers…………full range of screening media that successfully serviced all the major quarry groups and exclusively the ballast quarries for the Alice Springs –Darwin Rail project
• Australian Mud Company…….drilling fluids and accessories that were delivered throughout South Australia and Northern Territory
• Environmental Control Systems, a joint venture that has evolved into the most successful supplier of foam dust suppression systems nationally
In 2010 the focus returned to the ESCO business as ESCO Corporation came to Australia in their own right, the license agreement with Bradken expired and Mine & Quarry Service Co entered a new era as the exclusive distributor for South Australia and Northern Territory, servicing the OEM market as well as every significant mine and the majority of quarries. Company revenue peaked at AUD 8 mill.
In 2015 ESCO acquired the sales and service agreement, brought it “in house” and employed the entire staff including the Principal, Peter Duffy. By agreement Duffy has continued to work on a consultant basis for ESCO Australia Holdings as required.
The Company has a long standing, collaborative relationship with Donald Equipment and has shared premises
Profile of Peter Duffy, the Principal
Peter Duffy has been involved in the Mining and Quarrying since 1968, having joined the ESCO Dealer of that time as a Sales Cadet
Key employment milestones
• Sales Manager for Mining Services Division in 1972
• ESCO Area Manager (Melbourne based) 1978-82
• Manager of newly formed ESCO Dealer, Bassett 1983-90
• Joined Caterpillar Dealership, Cavill Power Products as Sales Manager
• Marketing Manager 1991-97
• Rejoined Bradken as General Manager –SE Asia Export and Central Region
Industry associations
42 year member of the Institute of Quarrying, Australia
• Secretary of the Victorian Branch 1979-82
• Committee member, conference organiser, SA, 1984-91
• South Australia Branch Chairman 1992-96 and then 1997-2000
• Board member, nationally for over 25 years
• Presented with Honorary Fellow status 2016
Committee member Civil Contractor Federation for nine years
Peter Duffy’s network is wide and varied having served with several of the Quarrying Industry’s senior executives in varying capacities through the IQA, including acting as MC for seven IQA National Conferences. The Annual NSW Branch Occupation Health and Safety conference is scheduled for July and Duffy will act as MC again.
He can be contacted at any time on +61 409 001 989
