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
Italy saw sales of earth moving machinery climb 15% last year over that for 2016, according to Unacea, the Italian equipment association.
In 2017, 12,275 earth moving machines were sold, up 15% on a year-on-year basis, while road equipment grew by 5%, with 491 units. Total sales were 12,766.
Special ECED meeting approves Action Plan to create stronger EU representation for distributors Members of the European Confederation of Equipment Distributors (ECED) have endorsed an Action Plan aimed at strengthening the distributors' association at EU level. This was agreed at an Extraordinary General Assembly in Brussels, Belgium, convened by newly-elected ECED President, Dr. José Gameiro, in his role as board member of ACAP (the Portuguese Cars and Machinery Association).
The meeting asked the ECED
Construction equipment sales in Italy jumped 22% year on year to reach 9,615 units over the first nine months of 2018.
Sales of earthmoving machines were up 23% to 9,281 units. Around 5% of sales – 334 machines - was for road machines, according to Unacea, Italy’.
"The positive trend of sales on the Italian market continues also in the third quarter,” said Antonio Strati, Unacea councillor in charge of the statistics activities.
“However, it should be remembered that in term of units, 2018 sales st
