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Coal and Mines Ministry reviews National Mineral Exploration Trust

The Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Coal and Mines had convened at the Parliament House Annexe on September 19th to assess the performance of the National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET).

Manitou consolidates parts brand for equipment

Manitou consolidates parts brand for equipment

Eicher completes 200th tipper delivery to Apco Infratech

Eicher completes 200th tipper delivery to Apco Infratech

Highway works worth Rs 1.63 lakh cr sanctioned in six years

Highway works worth Rs 1.63 lakh cr sanctioned in six years

Stainless steel industry seeks import duty cut on key raw materials

ISSDA seeks exemption of the 2.5 per cent basic customs duty levied while importing key raw materials

L&T wins multiple orders for construction and mining equipment business

L&T to supply 90 units of Komatsu mining equipment to companies in coal, cement, and iron ore sectors

Sany India celebrates 15,000 machines milestone in India

Sany rolled out its 15,000th machine from its India facility

JCB India launches industry’s first dual-fuel CNG backhoe loader

The dual-fuel CNG backhoe loader can operate on CNG and diesel simultaneously

Caterpillar revives Trial series with new video

The Cat Trial #9: PAC-MAN™ takes on the video-gaming world to celebrate Caterpillar’s 95th anniversary

NHAI agrees to 25 suggestions made by NHBF to ease highway construction

NHAI has agreed to most of the suggestions made by the National Highways Builders Federation (NHBF) related to project delivery.

Komatsu dumper completes 60,000 hours at Tata Steel mine, creates history

The Komatsu HD785 dumper supplied by L&T has crossed 60,000 hours at Tata Steel’s Noamundi Iron Ore Mines to create history.

Care during Covid crisis

Wirtgen India through its ‘WE CARE’ initiative has supported the fight for Covid-19 through various CSR initiatives. The organisation along with a substantial contribution by the employees has donated Rs three million to the PM CARES fund.

NHAI achieves highest ever construction of national highways in FY 2019-20

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has accomplished construction of 3,979 km of national highways in the financial year 2019-20.

On Sustainable Growth

The portable air compressor market is growing consistently in the past couple of years, which is to continue in the coming years as well with most of the application markets are picking up.

Volvo CE partners with National Geographic on sustainability project in India

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has joined forces with National Geographic to highlight a sustainability project to save an endangered community against the threat of rising sea levels.

Atlas Copco expands compressed air product range

Atlas Copco Oil-free Air and Compressor Technique Service Divisions, leading providers of sustainable productivity solutions held a global sales event in April, with over 900 participants from 68 countries.

Kohler showcases KDI engines at Agritechnica

Kohler presented its new platform of diesel engines at Agritechnica. These engines aredesigned to meet the requirements of a market that demands more application flexibilityand compliance with the various emissions limits, along with performance andproductivity.

Danfoss India bags Frost & Sullivan Leadership Award

Danfoss Industries Pvt Ltd was awarded with the Frost and Sullivan - 2017 India Building and HVAC Segment - LV Drives Enabling Technology Leadership Award under the category of novel developments in the Industrial Automation and Process Control Sector at the Frost and Sullivan 2017 India Best Practices Awards Banquet held in Mumbai.

Castrol offers carbon neutral lubricants for wind turbines

Castrol has become the first lubricant supplier in the world to offer carbon-neutral lubricants for the wind turbine industry, the company said in a press release. Castrol Optigear Synthetic CT 320 and Optigear Synthetic X 320 are both certified to meet the BSI PAS 2060 Specification for achieving and demonstrating complete carbon neutrality for their entire product lifecycle.

Iron ore pellet output at KIOCL crosses 1 mt in H1

The production of iron ore pellets at KIOCL?s Mangaluru plant has crossed 1 million tonne (mt) in the first six months of 2017-18. According to a company press release, the production of pellet has crossed 1 million tonnes in the first half of 2017-18 with a sale of 1.125 million tonne of pellet during the period. This is against a sale of 0.16 million tonne in the first six months of 2016-17.

DEUTZ engine becomes EU Stage-V compliant

DEUTZ said it has received a certificate for the EU Stage-V emission directive for mobile machinery, making it the first engine manufacturer globally to receive the certificate, which will apply from 2019. On September 6, the German Federal Motor Transport Authority formally certified the DEUTZ TTCD 6.1 engine for Stage V, the company said in a press release.

Deere to acquire Wirtgen Group

In an all-cash transaction deal, Deere & Company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Wirtgen Group, a worldwide leading manufacturer of road construction equipment. The total transaction value is approximately ? 4.6 billion ($ 5.2 billion based on current exchange rates), including the assumption of net debt and other consideration.

Oerlikon Drive Systems India wins award

Oerlikon Drive Systems India has been certified by Great Place to Work? Institute - a global authority in building, sustaining and recognising high-trust, high performing workplace cultures. The assessment measured the perceptions of a sample size of employees about their place of work, and the certification is an important recognition of the team efforts to restore trust and build engagement.

Terex completes sale of MHPS business

Terex Corporation announced that it has completed the sale of its Material Handling and Port Solutions business (MHPS) to Konecranes Plc for $595 million and ?200 million in cash and 19.6 million newly issued class B shares representing a 25 per cent interest in Konecranes.

O+P opens branch in India

Created with the aim of directly managing sales activities locally and identifying new strategic assets, O+P inaugurated its India branch (O+P India Pvt Ltd)

O+P opens branch in India

Created with the aim of directly managing sales activities locally and identifying new strategic assets, O+P inaugurated its India branch (O+P India Pvt Ltd) recently in New Delhi. The new Indian branch, which will work closely with the headquarters in Brescia, features a showroom complete with a selection of machines and equipment available in the catalogue.

Waterking Amphibious Excavators

Waterking is a full service company in the field of amphibious equipment, dredging equipment and dredging solutions.

Waterking to showcase amphibious excavators at Bauma Conexpo India

This year Waterking will present the first Waterking Amphibious Excavator in India at the Bauma Conexpo India, to be held from December 12 to 15 in Delhi.

We plan to launch more centres in south and west of India

Saurabh Goyal, CEO, ThinkLink ThinkLink focuses on two most important aspects of operations - safety and productivity. Historically, both these have been thought to be mutually exclusive, but we firmly believe these go hand-in-hand

Siemens and Festo win Optima as a pilot customer for innovative transport system

Optima consumer GmbH is the first pilot customer for the multi-carrier-system developed jointly by Siemens and Festo. This highly flexible transport system can be integrated precisely into existing intralogistics systems.

JCB introduces 12 new machines

JCB India recently introduced 12 new and innovative Made-in-India, made-for-the-world machines. This is the biggest launch ever held in the construction equipment industry in India, according to a company press release.

Tata Steels dent-resistant steel

Tata Steel Europe has started supplying the UK auto makers with dent-resistant steel which is also fuel-efficient owing to its lightness, the company said in a press release. The product helps withstand everyday knocks in the car park, the release said. It also helps car manufacturers make doors and bonnets that are 7 per cent lighter, which improves cars fuel efficiency.

Liugong India completes 11 years

Liugong India, a diversified manufacturer of construction equipment focused on delivering reliable, customer-driven solutions, completed a milestone of 11 years of its presence in India. Liugong equipment serves a wide variety of customers in many different industries

Ashoka-GVR Infra team bags Chennai ORR project

The Chennai Outer Ring Road Phase II project, costing Rs 985.44 crore, has been bagged by a consortium of Ashoka Buildcon and GVR Infra Projects. The Tamil Nadu government had earmarked Rs 1,075 crore for the project, which will decongest Chennai roads. The 62-km ORR project links the peripheral areas of the city from Vandalur in the south, about 25 km from Chennai on NH 45, to Minjur to the north of Chennai.

Pune's Mumbai-Blore h'way junction renamed as NDA Chowk

The junction that joins Mumbai-Bangalore National Highway and Pune-Paud Road in Pune area was renamed NDA Chowk on April 20. The name change ceremony took place at the junction in the presence of National Defence Academy (NDA) and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials. The junction also leads to a road to the NDA campus.

Kerala renovates 8 roads in Kozhikode

According to a press release, Kozhikode's eight renovated roads are ready to be thrown open to the public. The Pushpa Junction-Railway Station-Model School Road, Annie Hall Road, Pattalappalli Junction-Town Hall Road, Vaikom Muhammed Basheer Road, Sreekanteshwara Temple Road, Court Road, Cherootty Road and Silk Street-Corporation-Moonnalingal Road in the city have been renovated under the State government?s One-time Maintenance Project.

RBI maintains policy rates

In its mid quarter monetary policy review, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept key policy rates (repo and reverse repo) unchanged. Cash reserve ratio (CRR) or the portion of deposits banks keep with the RBI was also unchanged at 4.25 per cent. The central bank maintained its October guidance about policy easing in the fourth quarter given the recent inflation patterns and projections. Liquidity conditions will be managed with a view to supporting growth as stated in the second quarter review, t

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