Kitting out Central Highlands mining trades. From Emerald, backed local.
When a grinder or an impact gun packs it in halfway through a shift, the clock doesn't stop. Every hour that tool's down is an hour the job's behind — and “we'll have it next week” doesn't get the shift back.
CH Tools supplies the tools, PPE and consumables that keep Central Highlands and Bowen Basin trades working — and we're on Hospital Rd, Emerald, not a call centre a thousand kilometres away.
Downtime is dear. Local backing is how you cut it.
A tool that fails on a mine site isn't a shopping problem — it's a production problem. The trades who keep gear turning aren't chasing the cheapest line; they're chasing the shop that answers the phone, knows the gear, and doesn't treat a warranty issue like it's your fault.
CH Tools is family-owned and part of the Central Highlands, not a national account handled from interstate. Mark, Kelly and the team know the difference between the tools that survive real mine-site work and the ones that come back broken — because they hear about both across the counter.
On the floor.
Tools, PPE and the consumables crews burn through
The industrial and trade gear that stands up to site work — cordless power tools, safety gear and PPE, abrasives and cutting, lifting and handling, measuring, tool storage, chemicals and lubricants. Milwaukee, Makita and DeWALT on the power side; Kincrome and SP Tools on hand tools and storage; Cigweld on welding. We carry real depth across the brands crews actually run. We don't pretend every line is on the floor every day — where something isn't on hand, it goes on the order against a truck that's already coming.
Getting it there — Emerald to the Basin
Distance is the whole problem out here. An order placed with a metro supplier is measured in days by the time it reaches a site, and the shift doesn't wait for it. We're in Emerald, in the middle of the region we supply. Collect from the counter the same day. Everything else: next day inside a 50km radius of Emerald, and within 48 hours anywhere beyond it — Blackwater, Capella, Clermont, Moranbah, Middlemount, Dysart, Crinum, Springsure, Rolleston, Dingo, Duaringa, Nebo, Coppabella, Jericho, Alpha, Barcaldine and Longreach. Weekly inbound from every major supplier on our account list, and trade accounts held direct with the brands rather than through a buying group in the middle.
Delivery and click & collect →After the sale — genuine gear, and we handle the claim
Every tool comes through authorised Australian distribution — no parallel imports, no grey-market stock — with full supplier warranty on every unit. When something fails, our team manages the warranty claim with the manufacturer's support. Bring it to the counter and we take it from there. Your crew isn't chasing a claim through a call centre while the gear sits idle.
Warranty help →The consumables cupboard that restocks itself.
It's 3am, a crew's gone through the last box of gloves or cut-off discs, and the nearest supply is an hour and a half away. That's not a purchasing problem by then — it's a stopped job.
We install vending machines on site for exactly that. We own the machine and we maintain it. It's stocked to your PPE and consumable list, not a generic one. You get usage reports per employee, per crew or per cost centre, restock visits built into the schedule, and one contact when something needs attention.
We've got one running now at a heavy equipment operation in the Bowen Basin.
Set up for the way sites actually buy.
For whoever raises the order.
One account, every channel
The shop, the brand reps, on-site vending and direct supply all sit on the one trade account. Trade pricing and one contact, set up direct with the team.
Set up a trade account →Registered where you buy
We're registered and trading through VendorPanel and C-Res (Local Buying Foundation), and onboarded through the major operators' own vendor portals.
We count toward local content
Central Queensland family business, independent, based in Emerald. Spend with CH Tools counts toward local content commitments, regional spend KPIs and local supplier ratios.
Insured
$20 million public liability through Elders, and Workers Compensation with WorkCover Queensland. Certificates of currency on request.
Genuine product, backed
Genuine product through authorised Australian distribution, full supplier warranty, and our team manages the claim with the manufacturer's support.
Who we supply
Trade accounts across the Bowen Basin and broader Central Queensland — coal operations, mining services and plant, civil contractors, heavy haulage and transport, agriculture, councils and rail.
Gear down? We're up the road, not interstate.
CH Tools supplies tools, PPE and consumables to mining trades across the Central Highlands and Bowen Basin from our shop on Hospital Rd, Emerald. We deliver next day within 50km of Emerald and within 48 hours beyond, and we install, stock and maintain on-site vending machines for PPE and consumables, with usage reporting. Our team manages the warranty claim with the manufacturer's support. Family-owned in Central Queensland.
58 Hospital Rd, Emerald QLD 4720. Need tools? Think CH Tools.