Key concrete equipment tech that meets user demands

Key concrete equipment tech that meets user demands

“We got into dealership with JCB for eight districts in Tamil Nadu.”

Senthil Bala, Chief Executive Officer, Surya Bala JCB, speaks on the current market trends and demands for CE in the regions they represent.

India eyes overseas copper, lithium mines to meet domestic shortfall

India is exploring ways to secure supplies of metals such as copper and lithium from some of the world's top producers by acquiring overseas mines as part of efforts to meet rising domestic demand government sources said.

Key concrete equipment tech that meets user demands

The line-up of key concrete equipment available today spans pumps vibrators batching plants and mixers. Do these machines adequately meet user demands or are some features missing? Should this line-up include other equipment? We provide the answers.

1st IIEF lauds innovations in 5 categories

Industrial Products Finder (IPF), India’s largest circulated industrial magazine in its 49th year, virtually hosted First IPF Industrial Excellence Forum (IIEF) which comprised of two major segments— Conference and 5th IPF Industrial Excellence Awards, on January 15, 2021.

Budget cuts by states to adversely affect construction contractors: ICRA

The overall capex budgeted by states for FY2021 is likely to witness steep cut.

We have completed training of 2,000 operators till last year

Schwing Stetter India started the training department in the second year of its operations in 2000.

Attachments make machine versatile

Attachments play an important role in maximising the utilisation of capital equipment. Anish Modak, General Manager, Fine Equipments India elaborates more on the importance, advantages, challenges and market opportunities.

An Uphill Road Ahead

Out of about nine lakh construction equipment operators in India, only9,000 operators are certified by Infrastructure Equipment Skill Council (IESC).

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.

Soaring SkyWARDS

Availability and utilisation achieved are key performance indicators for large mining equipment.

We have seen increase in enquires for large mining equipment segment in India in the last six months. Public Sector Units (PSUs) contribute to most of the increase in enquiry. From private miners, contractors or mine developer-operators (MDOs)

2015 - The year of recovery?

Off-Highway Research has predicted that the number of units sold will double to 89,030 by 2018 from the current year?s 46,755 units. As per the analysis, the real trigger of growth becomes available in 2017-18 when there is a dramatic surge

CIL fails to meet production target by 17 million tonne in FY2013-14

Coal India Ltd chairman and managing director S Narsing Rao has said that the company could end the financial year with a production shortfall of around 17 million tonne (MT). The fall in coal offtake for power production and the unwillingness of state electricity boards to buy enough power has led to lower demand for coal thereby affecting the production targets.

Karnataka's plea to SC to permit mining

Seeking permission to allow mining in Karnataka to ?a limited extent and period? to meet the current shortfall in iron ore, the State government on December 2 approached the Supreme Court.

Panel on surplus coal usage to submit report soon

By the end of this month, the panel headed by BK Chaturvedi to look into the possibility of utilisation of surplus coal from captive mines by power utilities, will submit its report to the Union Coal Ministry. The panel is looking at utilising surplus coal by creating a bank or a common pool that will supply the fuel to the power utilities.

We plan to develop new products like jaw crushers, cone crushers and mobile plants.

We do not sell standard plants as we consider each crushing or screening task as different from the other. We aim to offer custom-built plants which will make us a cut above the others. Also, we are tapping export markets in certain areas, which keeps us busy in the present market conditions, says VP Mundra, Director, Core Crushing Equipments.

The Zoomlion-Electromech JV offers frequency control across its tower cranes

Zoomlion has the second biggest population of installed tower cranes in the country across all segments. Over 550 Zoomlion tower cranes are working on various sites across India.

IL&FS may subscribe to rights issue of Resource Generation

The proposed rights issue of Resource Generation in its South African coal mining project Boikarabelo mine would be subscribed by IL&FS Energy Development Co along with its partner, reports indicate. If existing investors don?t show much interest in the issue, IL&FS Energy, along with two other investors, committed to acquire up to 80 percent of the issue or any shortfall

CCEA may clear fuel pass through mechanism

In order to enable power plants to pass on the rise in the cost of imported fuel to end consumers, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) may clear the fuel pass through mechanism. Such a move may encourage power producers to use the full capacity of their power plants by importing fuel instead of running the plant at suboptimal capacity beca

Haryana's HPGCL wants its own captive mine

The Haryana government is trying for its own captive coal block to meet the coal requirement of its power plants in the state. The State-owned Haryana Power Generation Corporation (HPGCL) has submitted multiple applications to the Union Coal Ministry for allotment of coal block in Chhattisgarh or Madhya Pradesh for the existing and future thermal plants in the state.

CERC clarifies on coal supply under FSA

In a reply to the clarification sought by the union power ministry, CERC said Coal India (CIL) has the responsibility to meet the full requirement under FSAs even if it has to resort to imports. Some days ago, the power ministry asked the CERC whether the existing policies permit CIL to meet its fuel supply agreements (FSAs) commitments (for post-March 2009 power projects) through supply of impo

User industries import copper to overcome shortage

Local consumers of copper are reportedly importing the metal owing to shortage of its domestic production on the back of closure of a smelting unit of Sterlite Industries in Tamil Nadu. Sterlite's copper smelter in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, which caters to half of India's copper consumption, has remained closed for more than a month owing to alleged leakage of gas from the

Cabinet allows SAIL, RINL to charter ships directly

State-run steel makers SAIL and RINL received approval from the union cabinet to charter ships directly without going through the government's chartering organization TRANSCHART for importing coal and other raw materials. The move would facilitate better control of logistics, shipping and operations of importing coal and other raw material from overseas, a government statement

India could face 200 mn tonne coal shortage

The Planning Commission feels that India will still face a shortfall of about 200 million tonne of the fuel source by the end of the 12th Plan Period. IA Khan, Advisor Energy, Planning Commission, said that India would have to depend on imported coal, unless it is able to tap other natural resources to a greater extent for power production. India?s coal demand is estimated to go up from 640 million tonne in 2011 to 12 to about 980 million tonne by the end of the 12th Plan, by which time its prod

Plan panel expects around 200 mn t coal shortage by FY17

Planning Commission Advisor (energy) IA Khan remarked that the country would continue to depend on imported coal unless it harnesses the renewable sources to increase power generation. He expects the demand for coal to rise from the present level of 640 million tonne (mn t) to around 980 million tonne (mn t) by the end of the Plan period (2016-17

CIL may import 15 mt coal in 2013-14

Coal India may need to import nearly 15 million tonne coal in 2013-14 to meet the shortfall in domestic coal supplies. This follows the government decision on April 22 that allowed the miner to fill the gap between domestic supplies and annual contracted quantity to power stations by imports.

Bullish on Indian Market

In spite of the severe blow from the disaster in Japan and Thailand, Hino Motors is once again growing in the Indian market and has chalked out aggressive plans to expand its product matrix to capture the market.