Safety at New Heights

Mobile cranes are relatively easier to operate, manoeuvre, and optimise. However, they are highly prone to accidents.

Geology and Reserves of Indian Coal

India ranks second amongst the coal producing countries of the world in terms of annual coal production. However, in respect of coal resources, it is endowed with less than 1 per cent of world coal resources.

Navigating the Depths

How IIoT is enhancing safety and efficiency in underground mining.

Anurag Pai appointed as regional marketing manager for South Asia

Perkins Engines Company Limited has appointed Anurag Pai to the position of regional marketing manager for South Asia, replacing Abhinav Gupta.

India’s coal demand grew at highest pace globally in 2022

The biggest yearly growth rate of any nation will be seen in India's demand for coal in 2022 driven by increased coal-based power generation to combat above-average summer heat and growing economic activity.

Mining the Future

With prospects in both surface mining and underground mining, the Indian market for mining equipment appears to have a bright future.

Equipment manufacturers lead IoT mining revolution

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technologies that can seamlessly connect vehicles, machinery and personnel in even the world’s deepest mines promise a new era of safety, productivity and profitability for underground mining.

On the Move!

The market for mobile cranes is on the move driven by low-rise residential, commercial, and industrial building construction activity in urban areas.

Rishi S of Sanghvi Movers: We are seeing demand across sectors

Rishi Sanghvi, Managing Director, Sanghvi Movers, speaks on the medium and heavy-duty mobile crane market in India.

L&T dispatches 700 MWe steam generator to GHAVP

The heavy engineering arm of Larsen & Toubro, flagged off the fourth steam generator (SG) for NPCIL’s indigenously designed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWR) to be set up at Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana (GHAVP) in Fatehabad district of Haryana.

Towering up

Crawler cranes are expected to see a surge in demand with the spurt in infrastructure development projects.

Mathur of Tata Hitachi: Mining policy revival offers promise for new players

Hemant Mathur, AVP – Sales and Marketing, Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery, speaks on the overall performance of the mining sector in India, and the segments that are driving the demand for their products.

Gaining traction

Growing construction industry supported by global megatrend of urbanisation is expected to drive growth of the global aerial work platform market.

APCO, DRAIPL, HG Infra bag honours as fastest growing construction companies

The companies were awarded at the 19th CONSTRUCTION WORLD Annual Awards.

Unlocking the mining potential

The future of the Indian mining equipment market looks good with opportunities in underground mining and surface mining.

Sachdeva of CERA: Mobile cranes with latest tech will be in demand

Interview with Satin Sachdeva, Founder & Secretary General, CERA

Craning Forward

Despite uncertainty, the overall market for mobile cranes is expected to grow between 10 to 15 per cent for the next two to three years.

Demand for pick n carry cranes has strong correlation with industrial growth

The India mobile crane market is anticipated to register annual growth rate of over 5 per cent during the forecast period 2020-2025. Unfortunately, Due to unexpected Covid-19 pandemic, we can expect some challenges in terms of upcoming projects in India.

Mobile cranes with latest tech would be in good demand

The scenario in India is encouraging due to two reasons – first, the paradigm shift towards buying new cranes from importing used cranes; second, the increase in use of heavy duty mobile crane in construction, cement, steel, wind and power sectors.

Hindustan Power sets up 50-bed facility in Anuppur

50-bed facility set up in Village Jaithari, district Anuppur for General Public. Hospital has facilities for oxygen support, ambulances, modern equipment and medicines.

Kevin Lichtenstein joins ArcVera

ArcVera Renewables, a leading provider of consulting and technical services for wind, solar and storage projects, has recruited Kevin Lichtenstein as Director - Solar Energy Group, Global.

We provide more focus to training

Manoj Rawat, Country Manager - AWP, India & SAARC Region, Terex India, elaborates on the outlook on the Indian AWP market.

Can Mobile Cranes Lift the Mood?

Mobile cranes in India have transformed into safer and productive with changing design and new features to meet the upcoming demands from the user market. In the current scenario, can these developments in mobile cranes lift the market sentiments?

We plan to expand our facility to cater the growing demand

Aerial work platform (AWP) provides complete safety to work at heights. Daedalus is a company that provides AWP products and solutions indigenously.

Banking on Policy Support

Crawler cranes market is looking for a revival after a sluggish performance over the last few years. The market will rely on the budget proposals for the National Infrastructure Pipeline for the coming years.

Govt to auction 27 coal mines

The Ministry of Coal has begun the process of auction of 27 coal mines and allotment of 15 blocks to public sector undertakings.

Cautiously Optimistic

The government's various initiatives on revival of infrastructure sector and favourable policies have driven the growth of Indian construction equipment market in the past 2-3 years.

Transition to underground mining is around the corner

In the near future, there will be hardly any deposits left near surface and hence the underground operation shall become more prominent.

XCMG crane installs highest impeller on wind farm

XCMG, China?s leading construction machinery manufacturer, has set a new world record as its XCA1600 all-terrain crane successfully installed an impeller at the record-breaking height of 140 m at the Baixiang onshore wind farm project in Hebei, China on May 6.

The year of construction technology

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 2, 2019 declared April 2019-March 2020 as the Construction-Technology year and stressed on the use of advanced technology to meet the increasing demand of affordable housing and provision of Housing for All by 2022.

Looking for new growth avenues

The growth of crawler cranes market is stagnant with lagging demand from heavy lift applications. However, the market is expected to bounce back with the demand for medium capacity lift applications from the upcoming infrastructure development projects.

Steps to Safety

Being the safest means of working at heights, Aerial Work Platforms (AWPs) are naturally the option to work at height safely. However, use of AWPs in India is still limited and is picking up slowly.

DBL-VPR consortium wins MDO contract

DBL-VPR consortium has emerged as L-1 bidder for the mine developer-cum-operator (MDO) contract of Pachhwara Central Coal Block of Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) for 55 years

Coal India posts 15 per cent production growth in Q1

Coal India (CIL) registered a 15.2 per cent growth in coal production during the first quarter (Q1) ended June 2018 to 136.87 million tonne.

Infrastructure Revival to Push CE Growth

The infrastructure sector is today undoubtedly one of the strong pillars of the Indian economy and the current Union Government is strongly focused in its approach towards development of infrastructure.

Krishnapatnam Port mulls expansion

Krishnapatnam Port is planning to build a liquid bulk cargo terminal and a RO-RO facility that would cater to the demand from the oil and power sectors. The liquid bulk cargo facility with an initial capacity of one million tonne would be built in collaboration with LNG Bharat Group.

Mining Equipment Trends

The mining equipment industry (MEI) is heavily dependent on equipment demand from coal and iron ore mining, both being highly equipment intensive, with over 30 per cent.

CIL asked to ramp up output

The Central Government has asked Coal India Ltd (CIL) to ramp up production and dispatch 2 million tonne per day to power sector against around 1.6 million tonne at present

FROM RECOVERY TO GROWTH

The construction market in India is the second largest in Asia-Pacific Countries (APAC) region and is expected to become the fastest growing market in the region by 2025.

Gearing up for the next level

Says Mathur, ?It is the government agencies who are asking for the implementation of Euro-V and VI (norms).

A Constructive Budget

The construction equipment segment in India has something to cheer about from the Budget measures such as more fund allocation to rural roads and highways construction, and announcement of infrastructure status to affordable housing.

Piggybacking earthmovers growth

Transportation of raw and processed materials to the desired location is the next but most essential activity arising out of earthmoving. In the infrastructure space, 5-35 tonne payload capacity tippers and dumpers are extensively utilised for this purpose.

Budget Reactions | Ashoka Buildcon

Provisions for national highways has been increased by 12 per cent in the infrastructure in the Union Budget 2017, which will result in additional funds worth Rs 7,000 crore (a total of Rs 64,000 crore) in this sector.

Shaping Engineers for Tomorrow

ABB India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR) to establish a first of its kind SCoE for teachers, students and industry engineers to develop a deeper understanding of the underlying multi-physics and design principles for the manufacturing of various best-in-class electro-mechanical equipment in India.

Buoyant Future

An unprecedented and the highest-ever, $1 trillion has been earmarked for investment in infrastructure development by Government of India in the current Five-Year Plan period (2012-17). Speeding along the guidelines set forth by the government, the infrastructure construction activity is rapidly growing in roads and highways, bridges, airports and power, while realty sector is yet to catch up.

Soaring SkyWARDS

A dynamic leader

As Regional Marketing Manager for Perkins Engines Company Ltd, Abhinav Gupta provides strategic marketing leadership for the South Asia region.

We see a year-on-year growth for articulated boom cranes

Loader cranes safely loads and unloads trucks while also transporting loads. The truck and crane combination negates the use of having two cranes at loading and unloading points. In the case of a knuckle boom crane, the crane folds compactly while not in use and unfolds while required to self-load or unload the truck or load or unload other trucks.

Sterling and Wilson acquires 51% stake in STC Group

Sterling and Wilson (S&W), part of Shapoorji Pallonji Group and one of India?s leading Solar EPC with over 1,000 MW of solar projects

Craning for Opportunities

From a global perspective, the equipment rental industry in India is in its nascent stage. Currently, the average off take for rental is 7-8 per cent of the annual equipment production in India as against up to 80 per cent in developed countries like UK, South Korea and others.

Achieving Substantial Savings in Project Costs

Thermax, headquartered in Pune, is a renowned engineering solutions provider for the energy and environment sector. The Thermax factory in Chinchwad, Pune, has several cranes from ElectroMech which are used for various applications such as loading, unloading, handling, and assembly work.

Renewed focus

Sany has appointed Dr. Govind Bhagwatikar as Business Head for their Renewable Energy BU in India. Dr. Bhagwatikar

High Expectations

With growing safety awareness, the Aerial Work Platforms (AWPs), one of the best solutions to keep people safe, while working at heights, is poised for exponential growth in the near future.

Heavy Lift Anablers

India has witnessed an influx of new software-assisted multiple application-specific boom configured heavy lifters. Despite the economic slowdown taking the wind out of the sail for the heavy lift cranes? suppliers

Craning for Opportunities

Despite a prolonged dip in demand for the last three years the power sector, especially wind mills and renewed focus on infrastructure, and core sectors like cement and steel are expected to drive the demand for heavy duty cranes.

Is the money flowing again?

Tricky times call for strong strategies but the long term prospects are bright for financiers with staying capacity, finds Charu Bahri. Demand for construction equipment finance has been down for the last few years.

Better Days Ahead

The Indian power sector is one of the most diversified in the world. Sources for power generation range from commercial ones such as coal, lignite, natural gas, oil, hydro and nuclear power to other viable non-conventional sources such as wind

Portable Energy Solutions

High power deficit coupled with significant economic growth potential will drive the growth of portable power market. Portable energy solution plays a major role in verticals such as construction, mining, exploration and oil and gas.

A strategic person

Rajinder Raina has more than 34 years of experience in various domains of the industry. A BE (Mech) and MBA, he has widely travelled for technical collaborations and strategic alliances.

Mining Growth

India is on track to overtake the US as the second-largest coal consumer after China this decade. India wants to more than double coal output to 1.5 billion tonne by 2020. The central government has already taken specific actions including e-auctions of coal blocks; 28 blocks are already allocated and more blocks to be e-auctioned soon.

The growth demand by 2017 will be almost three times from now

The current market for the truck cranes has already improved specially in the segment of 75T to 120T. We are also seeing the growth in the crawler crane segment in the capacity between 100T to 260T segment, mainly the petrochemical industries, metro projects, power plants etc, are the major growth drivers.

Diggers to get busier

The numbers published by ICEMA clearly shows that there is a slight uptake on the larger equipment like excavators and wheel loaders. In the smaller equipment like mini excavators, backhoe loaders etc have still to pick up the trend. Elaborating the prevailing scenario and the growth drivers.

Efficient and seamless rail and sea network is a must

Inflation control actions, excise duty reduction and sustainable capital funding plan will help the infrastructural sector to grow which will help LiuGong?s Indian operations positively, says Sanjay Wadnerkar, Vice President, LiuGong India.

Lifting Solutions

The future trend in material handling systems will be towards lighter, higher-efficiency equipment. The power consumption, material of construction, operating noise levels and eco-friendly features of this equipment will play a big role while introducing

Towering Tall

The real estate and power sectors will show a tremendous growth in the next 2-3 years. As per projections, the tower crane requirement will increase to 30-40 per cent in these two years. Current demand growth for tower cranes is mostly from realty sector.

New-generation Anti-collision Devices

Everest Engineering will showcase its new-generation anti-collision devices for tower cranes at bC India 2014. Everest Engineering will unveil its new generation anti-collision devices for tower cranes combined with safe load indicators. This will be one of the attractions in the show.

Moving Ahead

The growth potential for earthmoving equipment in India has never been disputed. All sectors like power, roads, ports, etc. will drive demand. With increasing investment in the infrastructure sector, the earthmoving equipment industry foresees huge demand for CE in the coming years.

Exact raw materials and mechanisms are still not available

The Procurement trend is still price-based. The contractors do not have the proper expertise for proper validation of tower cranes with respect to the quality

We plan to launch on-site portable generator range

The new range of generators that are going to be launched in India shortly will be designed for fast, easy and safe maneouverability on site. It is a smart amalgamation of innovation, technology and design, which includes a rugged base frame

Up & Moving

STILL Number One

The focused thrust on infrastructure, manufacturing and agricultural sectors is expected to boost the demand for pick-n-carry cranes, which dominate the mobile crane market with over 80 per cent of total sales.

Instrumental in product development

A Master in Automotive Engineers from MIT, Guindy, Sanjay Wadnerkar is the Vice President at LiuGong India, heading team of more than 140 with 26 years of experience in automotive, CEV original equipment manufacturing

Movers & shakers

Eaton develops solutions that drive sustainable growth around the globe.

At Eaton, our singular focus is on helping customers manage power more efficiently, reliably and safely. We see more electronic controls making their way into hydraulic solutions. The objective here is to make hydraulics smarter than ever through increased automation.

Bevcon Wayors wins major awards

Bevcon Wayors has won three prestigious awards in 2014. The Managing Director of the company Y Srinivas Reddy has been selected and honoured with the ?Most Promising Entrepreneurship Award? at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2014 India. The awards organised by Enterprise Asia were presented by Dr GV Krishnamurthy, former chief election commissioner of India and William Ng, President of Enterprise Asia.

Crawling Now, To Pick Up Soon?

Despite the muted demand due to lack of new projects in the power sector, the crawler cranes segment is expected to register good growth once the new projects are taken up after the general elections, writes Sudheer Vathiyath.India is a huge market for crawler cranes, especially higher capacity crawlers. This is mainly due to increasing demand in thermal power sector, nuclear power sector, steel plants, refinery expansions and wind power sector. However, the market has slowed down in the last tw

MMTC is the sole bidder for CIL coal import contract

Coal India Ltd intends to import coal for meeting its supply obligation to the power sector. The coal giant has invited expression of interest in this regard. So far, only MMTC has shown interest in the coal import contract.

We are focusing more on ongoing jobs for which funding is available

MAIT operates directly with customers and we already have our own offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune and Chennai. Being a market leader, we are in a happy position where people know our equipment and have been using them for the last 15 years,

Getting ready for the upturn

In spite of the unfavourable market dynamics, most of the OEMs have adopted innovative strategies to sustain themselves while keeping an eye on the coming boom. Innovative strategies are developed to retain existing customers

German companies are planning more investments in India.

German investors are taking a positive long-term view of Indian market and continue to invest in their operations to tap growth opportunities. Maharashtra, with around 39 per cent share of German investments, remains the most attractive destination, says Rajesh Nath, Managing Director, VDMA India. Excerpts from the interview.

The government should form a task force team to clear all pending projects.

Bevcon is passionate about providing solutions to complex issues. We can and do provide the best possible solutions in the areas of environmental, energy conservation, cost-effective and reliable material handling solutions for the mining sector,says Y Srininvas Reddy, Managing Director, Bevcon Wayors. Excerpts from the interview.

Realising the mining potential

Year End Review of Ministry of Coal

Coal sector witnessed a number of initiatives during 2013 to augment coal production and supply. Regular reviews of captive coal blocks were held by Inter-Ministrial Group to expedite their development, fuel supply agreements were signed with Power Sector and setting of Coal regulator approved. Under the bidding policy, seventeen coal blocks allotted to the Government Companies and thirty eight coal blocks brought under production.

Electrical equipment industry witnesses positive growth

India's Rs 1.30 lakh crore electrical equipment industry has, after four consecutive quarters of negative growth, shown a two per cent growth in the first quarter of the current fiscal

IEEMA appeals to PM

The Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers' Association (IEEMA) has appealed to the Prime Minister to intervene and safeguard the interests of Indian manufacturers against the constant onslaught of imported equipment in the power sector, especially from China.

Govt invites bids from PSUs for 5 lignite blocks

The Union government has called bids from public sector undertakings (PSUs) for 5 lignite blocks with an estimated 156 million tonne of reserves. The lignite blocks in Gujarat and Rajasthan will be awarded to State-run companies depending on various factors like location of the end use project and preparedness of the end use project, a government notice said.

Upward and mobile

The requirement for higher capacity mobile cranes with advanced features is growing due to continuous change in heavy lift sizes, besides a growing customer preference for mobile cranes with better safety features and technology.

Liebherr cranes are designed and manufactured according the highest safety norms

It will be much sensible to ask for a crane functional test and load test certification from a reputed third-party inspector before import. This will restrict the number of junk cranes coming into India. Also, the project people should have very strict controls on quality, selection of suitable equipment and timely completion of the job, says Ajay Kumar Somani, Director, Mobile Crane Division, Liebherr India.

Teri to study coal mining impact

A study would be conducted by The Energy & Resources Institute (Teri) to assess negative impact of coal mining and state expenditure on administrative machinery for approval and addressing externalities. For this purpose, a team of officials from the institute would visit Odisha. Simultaneously, the institute would also study the impact of allowing free power at varia

CIL may import coal for the first time

In order to meet supply commitments from power sector, state-run miner Coal India (CIL) would source coal from abroad for the first time in 2013-14. CIL, which produces around 80 percent of the country's coal, has found it difficult to meet the supply commitments from power producers under the fuel supply agreements (FSA

MCE performance to decline

According to ICRA, the mining and construction equipment (MCE) industry is expected to witness a decline in volumes this fiscal owing to slow pace of infrastructural investments and various regulatory hurdles.

NTPC welcomes CIL's plan on coal supply

Power generation major NTPC welcomed the decision by Coal India (CIL) to divert its entire annual incremental production to the power sector. Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC said the company's 10 stations gets coal supply from CIL through a dedicated merry-go-round netw

Power equipment industry shrinks 10.5% in 3rd quarter

In the third quarter of 2012-13, the power sector has deepened into gloom further as electrical equipment industry shrank 10.5 per cent. Turnover contracted 10 per cent, declining for the third consecutive quarter, and falling in double digits for the first time. The Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers' Association (IEEMA) said almost all sectors declined, particularly power cables and energy meters business.

Bevcon Goes from Strength to Strength

Bevcon Wayors is among India?s leading providers of high-quality, technologically advanced integrated bulk material handling and processing solutions.Formed with the intent of catering to the rising demand for bulk material handling solutions, Bevcon Wayors has come a long way by evolving as an industry leader that offers high-quality, technologically advanced bulk material handling systems.

Palfinger provides integrated solutions for loading, unloading and transporting

Palfinger truck loader cranes have set a very high standard in terms of product quality, technology used, operational/environ?mental safety and strong after service, difficult to match by any conventional pick and carry crane.

Integrated Solutions

Today in India, the mobile crane market is largely oriented towards and segmented on the straight boom concept. At the lower end, it is the popular pick and carry cranes built on a tractor base, and at the higher end, it is the truck-mounted heavy duty cranes.

We offer a unique service experience

We have been following a zero accident policy and maintaining this consistently since we came into the business. If there is proper prequalification and competitive bidding, or a challenging project, we invariably win it, says Siraj Dalvi, Managing Director, Simple Engineering Solutions.

MAIT has a full-fledged training centre in Mumbai

MAIT rigs are versatile machines that can be used for bored piles, CFA, and diaphragm walls. MAIT also has a range of hydraulic impact hammers for driven precast piles as well as driven cast-in-situ piles, says DV Brahme, Regional Manager, MAIT India.

Bauer is committed to fuel-efficient and environment....

Bauer is globally known for its advanced and innovative solutions in foundation industry. So, our key strength is our technology, continuous research and development for new, more efficient equipment and their applications,

Waiting for the Rejig

The foundation has always been the starting point and the most important part of any project. The foundation industry in India though, is still struggling from lack of attention and want of new projects.