A fleet of construction machines is working in a very tough climate in Canada, helping to keep an important road link open. Tsetsaut Ventures, a local contracting company, is using its fleet of Volvo CE equipment to maintain an 11km ice road that runs over the Knipple Glacier in the remote North Western region of British Columbia.
The ice highway allows for the transportation of supplies and materials to a remote underground extraction operation, located in the Golden Triangle, an area known for its abunda
Upgrading Bolivia’s Uyuni – Condo K route will help boost the country’s economy - Mauro Nogarin writes. The area of influence along the new Uyuni - Huarancani - Condo K road in Bolivia is of major importance to the country’s economy as it has great agricultural potential for quinoa. The highway is located in south-western Potosi and it has a cultivated area of 55,000ha, with an annual output of 13,154tonnes of quinoa. South-western Potosi is also one of the areas with the highest population of camelid lives