Mining plant Finance for Australian Contractors

We finance new, used, demonstrator, dealer and private-sale mining equipment and vehicles across all major makes including Caterpillar, Komatsu, Hitachi, Volvo CE, Hyundai, JCB, Kobelco and Sumitomo. Your specialist matches the finance to your work and the lender to your file.

Pre-approval is typically inside 24 hours once you submit the form. Settlement timing then depends on the lender and asset details, with many Australian deals settling within a week of pre-approval.

No. Many of our lenders score the deal on contract and hire income and asset value rather than requiring property security. Non-property owners regularly settle mining services finance through Equifund.

Not always. $0 deposit is available for prime applications, especially for established operators with active contract and hire work. Other deals may require a deposit depending on the asset, the lender and the loan term.

Yes. We finance dealer purchases, private sales, auctions and end-of-lease buyouts. The mining services just needs to meet the lender's age and condition requirements.

Yes. Many Australian operators refinance to access a better rate, restructure repayments around their income cycle, release equity from the asset, or consolidate multiple mining services loans into one facility.

We have a panel of 80+ Australian lenders spanning major banks, specialist asset financiers and non-bank lenders that specifically understand contract and hire income and transport assets. Your specialist matches your file to the right lender for the deal.

Yes. We regularly settle multi-mining services deals for Australian fleets, often splitting the package across more than one lender to fit each asset's spec and your overall structure.

Yes. Mining Services, attachments, trailers and related equipment are all on the panel. Equipment security can be structured independently of mining services finance if that better suits the deal.

A chattel mortgage gives you immediate ownership of the mining services while the lender holds it as security. You claim GST upfront and depreciate the plant for tax. It is the most common structure for established Australian owner-operators. A finance lease keeps the mining services on the lender's books with set monthly payments and an optional residual paid at the end of the term. Useful for fleet operators managing income cycle against vehicle turnover. Your Australia-based mining services finance specialist will recommend the structure that suits your business and tax position. Read the full chattel mortgage vs finance lease comparison.

Contract and hire income recognition is how a specialist lender reads income from contract, hire and project income and BAS rather than treating only PAYG salary as income. Bank credit templates often miss this. Specialist lenders read contract and hire income accurately, which is why established Australian operators frequently get approved on deals that mainstream banks decline.

Low-doc mining services finance is approval on a reduced documentation set, usually a Director declaration plus business activity statements or recent bank statements, rather than full financials. It is faster to process and common for established small-fleet operators in Australia who would rather not produce two years of full tax returns for a single asset purchase.

Pre-approval is a conditional finance approval issued before you commit to a mining services. It sets the maximum loan amount, indicative rate, term and repayment structure so you can negotiate with dealers, private sellers or auction houses on solid ground. Equifund pre-approvals are typically issued within 24 hours of form submission.

An Australian Credit Licence (ACL) is a licence issued by ASIC permitting a business to engage in credit activities under the National Consumer Credit Protection Act. Equifund holds Australian Credit Licence 389328. Working with an ACL holder is a baseline regulatory protection for the borrower and a baseline trust signal for any Australian finance provider.

Yes. Specialist mining and resources lenders on our panel recognise signed mining principal contracts, tonne-rate and day-rate agreements, planned maintenance and shutdown contracts, and exploration program contracts as recurring contract income, and approve plant, haul fleets and drill rigs without consumer credit scoring.

Yes. Lenders structure chattel mortgage terms and balloons to match the mining contract's actual run, including 6-month campaign work, multi-year tonne-rate haul contracts and shutdown maintenance programs, so the plant pays itself off on the contract that bought it.

Yes. Mining services contractors mobilising for a new pit or campaign can finance excavators, dozers, water carts, drill rigs and support vehicles on a single application against the principal contract, with one credit decision rather than a separate application per asset.