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Transforming Skill Landscape

Shortage of skilled operators has been a major challenge faced by the infrastructure and construction industry for the past many years.

Hydraulic breaker demand to prevail

Excavators with hydraulic breakers are used in urban construction projects, road construction, metro projects, etc. In crowded areas, this is one of the most cost-effective ways of excavation as it avoids drilling and blasting which is dangerous, expensive and has many other problems.

Streamlining the mining process

The year that went by - in fact, the last two years - put the country?s mining sector through one of its toughest tests. The Supreme Court ban on iron ore mining in Karnataka in 2011 and in Goa in 2012, alongside the Coalgate scams and environmental restrictions severely impacted this sector, and led to a considerable dent in the growth of the CE sector during this period.

MOIL earmarks Rs 250-cr for exploratory drilling in Maha

For conducting geophysical studies and exploratory drilling on 597 acres of area in Maharashtra, State-run manganese ore producer MOIL has earmarked Rs 250 crore investment. The grant of Prospecting Licence (PL) for an area of 597.44 hectares in Nagpur and Bhandara by Maharashtra has come at the right time. Anticipating the grant, Rs 250 crore has been earmarked for conducting geophysical studies, exploratory drilling, MOIL CMD GP Kundargi said in the annual report.

MOIL gets prospecting licence for 11 blocks

In Nagpur and Bhandara districts, the Maharashtra government granted Prospecting Licence (PL) to MOIL for 11 blocks spread over 597 hectare area. While six blocks are located in Ramtek, Saoner and Mouda tehsils of Nagpur district, five blocks are located in neighbouring Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district. With this, the manganese ore producer will get 11 new blocks, including three big blocks adjacent to its prese

CM seeks more coal and gas for Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy urged the union government to allocate more natural gas and coal in order to run power plants which are operating at low capacity owing to lack of fuel. He made the request for more coal and gas when he met Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily, Minister of State Jyotiraditya Scindia and Defence Minister AK Antony recently

Allison wins Quality Award

Allison Transmission India has won the Golden Peacock National Quality Award (GPNQA) for Total Quality in the automobile sector.

The Weighing Masters

Senlogic Automation has established itself as a leading manufacturer of quality electronic weighing products in the country. In July 2011, we achieved an important milestone by successfully commissioning 40 dumper weighing systems at West Bokaro colliery of Tata Steel,

25 Years of Nation-Building

Gmmco was formed in 1967 when the GP-CK Birla Group took over Blackwood Hodge Equipment, who were distributors for the Terex range of products.

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