Anti-dumping duty on rock breakers from China, Korea

The Commerce Ministry’s arm, Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), has recommended imposition of anti-dumping duty on imports of hydraulic rock breakers from China and Korea for five years to protect the domestic industry from cheap inbound shipments.

Zinc: Securing a Sustainable Future for Mining Industry

The steel used for the coaches of the Vande Bharat trains has been fortified with zinc.

Schwing Stetter India joins the fight against Covid-19

Schwing Stetter India, one of the largest manufacturers of concreting and construction equipment’s across the country, announced that it has converted a floor in one of its existing building of its factories – F75 unit in Sri Perumbadur into a Covid care centre.

JCB opens new dealership headquarters at Kochi

JCB India inaugurated the new headquarters of its dealership, Popular JCB at Kochi in Kerala. Spread over 40,000 sq ft, with built-up area of 24,000 sq ft, the dealership employs over 200 trained personnel.

Exceeds expectations

The most important trade fair for construction and mining equipment in Latin America received around 40,000 visits, among them many top buyers from Brazil and abroad.

WorldBuild India 2018

The 2nd edition of India's premier exhibition on construction and infrastructure industry - WorldBuild India - concluded on a high note.

Manitowoc presents new cranes and technologies in Colombia

Manitowoc had a successful appearance at the 14th National Congress of Infrastructure, Colombia?s largest infrastructure congress, held at the end of last year in Cartagena. The company brought to the event a team of experts in sales and aftermarket sales to present new products, technologies and services for the Latin American market.

Manitowoc, SSK hold strategic meeting

Manitowoc organised a strategic meet with its Peruvian dealer and service centre SSK

Manitowoc, SSK hold strategic meeting

Manitowoc organised a strategic meet with its Peruvian dealer and service centre SSK to discuss the upcoming opportunities and trends that are shaping the crane and lifting industry in the country. Around 45 companies were represented during event, held in Lima.

SSK adds new Grove RT890E

SSK, a Sigdo Koppers company, has added an RT890E rough-terrain crane to its Grove fleet. The firm will immediately put the rough terrain crane to use in industrial construction and assembly of major projects in sectors such as mining and metallurgy, power generation, industrial plants, ports and pipelines.

Bauma 2016 - the biggest trade show on earth

Bauma 2016 - the biggest trade show on earth - spread across over 608,503 sq m (1.5 lakh acres) exceeded expectations this year with a participation of 3,423 exhibitors from 58 countries and the presence of about 580,000 visitors from 200 countries.

Carmix strengthens presence

Armixs self-loading cement mixers can be rented within the South American CAT Rental Store circuit since 2014. The agreement signed between the two companies will strengthen the presence of this Italian company in many states.

Siemens supplies biggest gearless conveyor drive system

Siemens has supplied the world?s biggest gearless conveyor drive system to the Cuajone Mine in Peru which is operated by the Mexican mining company Southern Copper Corporation (SCC). The modernisation project will entail the installation of a new gyratory crushing and conveyor system by 2016.

Spanish Quest for Reconstruction

During a short tour of Spain, Shankar Srivastava finds the Spanish quest for reconstruction. ANMOPYC, the Spanish Manufacturers Association of construction, Mining and Recycling Equipment

Genie opens new test centre

Genie has unveiled its first testing facility in Europe for new products and introduced the initial production model of its all-electric Z-33/18 boom. Built in Europe at Genie?s factory in Perugia, Italy, to suit the needs of European customers, the Z-33/18 is the first model to be designed and manufactured outside the US.

Genie opens new test centre in Europe

Genie has unveiled its first testing facility in Europe for new products and introduced the initial production model of its all-electric Z-33/18 boom.

Up & Moving

ContiTechs sales office in Peru

ContiTech Conveyor Belt Group has opened a sales office in Lima, the capital city of Peru. The goal is to build up a local service team that supervises projects on location.

Metso opens mining service centres in Peru, Mexico

Metso continues to expand its global service centre network by opening mining service centres in Peru and Mexico. The investments, worth in total -?6 million, are in line with Metso?s long-term strategy to strengthen its local services presence close to its customers. Metso already serves its mining and construction customers from over 50 service centres around the world. A new centre is also in the process of being built in Mesa, Arizona, US and in Labrador City in Canada. Above -?20 billion in

Sai Infraa buys Potains 1001st Crane

Manitowoc?s Pune factory recently sold the 1001st Potain tower crane to Sai Infraaequipments.Manitowoc?s tower crane brand, Potain, has built more than 1,000 tower cranes at its manufacturing plant in Pune, India. Leading Indian rental company Sai Infraaequipments purchased the 1,001st crane and a handover ceremony was held in March to mark the occasion.

Global mining equipment market up

Despite some short-term weakness, the worldwide mining machinery market is expected to expand by 8.6 per cent per year through 2017 to $135 billion. The growth is spurred by voracious demand for mined materials in China, India, and several other developing nations as industrial output increases. Global patterns of investment in mining capacity will be determined in large part by these countries, as resource companies look to capitalise on new sales opportunities.

Police suggest 4-point solution to Delhi traffic problems

Delhi police have proposed a four-point proposal to decongest the stretch of NH-8 in the city due to major traffic snarls being faced by commuters because of construction of the Airport Express line along the arterial highway. The plan, submitted to Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure Planning and Engineering Centre (UTTIPEC) after a careful traffic study of the area, suggests the construction of a one-way flyover, two rotaries and widening of the road. Additional Commissioner of P

Quality-oriented approach

Micro Edge Electronics is a channel partner of Tecsis, Germany, for their wide range of force/pressure sensors, load/strain monitoring, and overload protection for cranes.

Manitowoc's first Latin American crane factory

Manitowoc?s new factory in Brazil, located in Passo Fundo, a city in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, was inaugurated last month. . It is the company?s first crane factory in Latin America and will initially supply Grove rough-terrain cranes, not only to Brazil but across the region.

We are developing mobile, compatible plants and conveyors

Our service engineers are well trained in all aspects of the equipment on hand and also on the processing side of the plant to help achieve optimum performance, says Ravi Thakur, Managing Director, Amarshiva.

Our core competence is wide range of latest products

We have a wide range of products like core drilling, reverse circulation drilling, pole drilling, blast hole drilling and roof bolt drilling, says TT Paranthaman, Managing Director, PRD Rigs India.

The US CE exports up by 48%

US exports of construction equipment continued to grow in 2011 and ended the first half of the year up 48 per cent compared to January-June of 2010.