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South Africa distributor for Sandvik

December 3, 2012

Sandvik Construction has appointed Pilot Crushtec as its new distributor for the mobile crushing and screening product range throughout southern Africa. Pilot Crushtec will supply a comprehensive range of Sandvik mobile equipment and a full aftermarket care, spare parts and dedicated customer service. Pilot Crushtec has offices, workshops, and service engineers throughout the area. “We are sure that the combination of Sandvik equipment and global aftermarket support, together with the local knowledge and in

Sandvik plant increases productivity

December 3, 2012

Lafarge Aggregates Malaysia’s Kulai quarry is designed to the highest standards of safety, productivity and efficiency With an emphasis on high standards of safe, efficient and productive operations, Lafarge Aggregates Malaysia recently installed new quarry plant. It became operational earlier this year after Sandvik Mining and Construction Malaysia designed and installed a 250tonnes/hour, four-stage crushing and screening plant in Kulai, Johor, some 270km south of the capital Kuala Lumpur. It is now fully

Russian taxation on the rise

December 3, 2012

In Russia the Ministry of Transport proposal to introduce payment for the owners of heavyweight trucks over 12tonnes could increase cargo transportation tariffs by 10%. Consumer goods prices are also expected to rise, especially outside Moscow and St Petersburg. Leonid Shlyapnikov, CEO of Sovtransavtoekspeditsiya, thinks shipping companies may incur additional expenses on the installation of on-board computers, GLONASS navigators and placement on unified register. New norms and fees are to be added to the e

UN opts for Shantui machinery

December 3, 2012

Construction machines from Shantui are now being supplied to the United Nations (UN), for use in Africa. The machines are being used by UN peace-keeping forces in Africa, having passed the stringent testing and performance requirements of the UN for harsh road condition use and special applications. The deal came following the necessary procurement certification from the UN. Shantui’s supply deal is for machines including military-level bulldozers, wheeled loaders and road machinery.

Consortium wins third Bosphorus bridge deal

December 3, 2012

A consortium formed by ICTAS of Turkey and the Italian firm Astaldi has won a tender to build a third suspension bridge over Istanbul’s Bosphorus. Despite criticism from planners and environmentalists, the 1.3km structure, the longest over the strait, has been given the go-ahead by Turkey’s Transport Minister, Binari Yildirim. A joint venture of local company IC Içtas Insaat and Italian Astaldi has won the tender for the project, and Minister Yildirim is reported as saying the bridge would be built in three

Kerala increases fares

November 30, 2012

The state government of Kerala in India has given an in-principle approval to raise auto-rickshaw, bus and taxi fares due to an increase of INR 5 (US$0.10) per litre in diesel prices.

BNA-Micromine scoops honours

November 30, 2012

Intuitive software solutions provider to the mining and exploration industry, BNA-Micromine, has been honoured for the second consecutive year at the 5th Top Engineering Awards 2012. BNA-Micromine Latin America director Beck Nader received the trophy at a ceremony in Minas Tenis Clube II, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in the category of engineering mining/metals/steel - software of exploration, geology/production control of mines. Nader says: “Success in this award category really symbolises what has been a succ

Vietnam looking for investment

November 30, 2012

Elevated highways stretching 34.5km in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City may be developed at US$2.68 billion. The Prime Minister and the Ministry of Transport are tweaking the project in a move to lure investors. None have come forward at present.

Serbian road gets Chinese funding

November 30, 2012

The Serbian government has reported that it is planning to sign a loan agreement with China's Exim Bank for new loans worth US$ 1.1 billion for construction of the Corridor 11 motorway. Minister of Finance, Mladan Dinkic, said that the loan will be used for construction of the Belgrade-Ljig and Pojate-Preljina motorway parts. The contract agreement is due to be signed by the end of 2012 or beginning of 2013. Works are expected to start sometime next year.

Herrenknecht’s benefits from Indian orders

November 30, 2012

German company Herrenknecht says that in recent months it has received 18 orders from India for tunnel boring machines (TBMs) for projects to expand metro networks in the Indian cities of Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata, and for water supply schemes. Earlier this year an Indian record of 525m of drilled and secured tunnel was achieved in one month on the Veligonda water project (state of Andhra Pradesh) with a Herrenknecht Double Shield TBM (diameter 7.9m). The 18km Veligonda Tunnel is part of a sche