LiuGong is proud to announce that it has successfully signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Overseas Bank Limited for partnership in Machinery Financing in Southeast Asia. The MoU between Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co., Ltd and UOB was...

Dana Incorporated (NYSE: DAN) today announced that the company has been collaborating with Mecalac to develop a customized e-Drivetrain system for the new Mecalac e12 electric compact wheeled excavator.  This vehicle earned the Energy Transition Award earlier this year as part of the 2018 Intermat Innovation Awards. With...

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has officially opened its renovated mini and compact excavator factory in Oosterhout, The Netherlands. The new 8,000m2 facility was unveiled in a special ceremony on 21 June, which was attended by key Hitachi...

SDLG has seen three consecutive years of growth in wheel loader sales in Indonesia and is expecting another strong year ahead. Between 2014 and 2017, SDLG wheel loader sales rose 40% in Indonesia — the company was also the...

The Cummins-powered 55-tonner is a further development of DRA’s Australian designed and manufactured Humma range which started with an 18-tonne lift capacity model in 1996. “We’ve broken new ground,” says Peter Dalla Riva (Jnr), manager of DRA’s crane and...

Rio Tinto chief executive J-S Jacques said “Operational performance was solid across most commodities, rounding out a strong first half performance for the Group. Our increasingly flexible Pilbara iron ore system continued to perform well. Our bauxite and copper...

  Built for the construction industry, the Dieci Icarus 40.17 features an impressive 17m reach height and 4-tonne lift capacity with a 93kW FPT – NEF engine. The high-quality Italian made Icarus has been designed for Australian safety and compliance standards...

Downer EDI Limited (Downer) announced today that it had been awarded a five year contract by Chevron Australia Pty Ltd for the provision of maintenance and support services. Downer’s scope of works spans the maintenance of non-process infrastructure assets...

JR Plant Hire stick with INTERNATIONAL Having already operated an INTERNATIONAL 7600 for around 10 years, when JR Plant Hire owner James Lutter was looking to add a tipper and dog to the fleet, he didn’t look beyond the...

WA & VIC Construction Site Safety Guide 2018/19 – Released Safety is of the utmost importance when it comes to any workplace, but particularly on construction sites where there are higher risks of fatalities and injuries. Unfortunately in 2015, 33...

Orica and Guizhou Jiulian Industrial Explosive Material Development Co Ltd (“Jiulian Development”) have signed an agreement to work toward creating a new civil explosives, initiating systems and blasting services joint venture in China. Orica CEO, Alberto Calderon, said, “The proposed...

This cinematic drone short film was shot at the Edna May gold mine site in Western Australia over a 6 month period and is owned by Ramelius Resources. The video aims to portray the modern processes that are used...

The JCB Hydradig Wastemaster wheeled excavator is a totally new material handling solution. It brings new levels of innovation and engineering excellence to the growing compact wheeled machine sector of the waste and recycling market. The Hydradig Wastemaster is a...

LBX Company, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Construction Machinery, headquartered in Lexington, KY and engaged in sales, customer support, will begin construction of a Customer Experience Center in Kentucky. The center will be used for product demonstrations as well as...

Rio Tinto has achieved a significant milestone with the first delivery of iron ore by an autonomous train in the Pilbara, Western Australia. The autonomous train, consisting of three locomotives and carrying around 28,000 tonnes of iron ore, travelled over...

Volvo CE is set to enter the rigid hauler market with a complete Volvo-branded range. Using the expertise of its Motherwell facility in Scotland, the range consists of four machines, starting at the 45-ton R45D and extending up to...

Komatsu has released a new 50 tonne class excavator, the PC490LC-11, featuring a Tier 4 Final-compliant low emission engine, delivering increased production and lower fuel consumption. Designed for heavy construction, quarrying and demolition applications, the PC490LC-11 has an operating weight...

Volvo Concept Wheel Loader ZEUX is a revolutionary autonomous concept wheel loader. Jointly developed by Volvo Construction Equipment and Lego® Technic. What started out as a fun, informal team building event to inspire the Volvo CE and LEGO® Technic design...