Ritchie Bros. started strong with its first Dubai auction of 2016, selling more than US$41 million of equipment and trucks on March 1-2.
This was a 54% increase in gross auction proceeds compared to the March Dubai sale last year, the company said. Around $4.5 million worth of equipment went to on-line bidders.
The Canadian company shifted more than 2,000 items for over 200 sellers during the two-day unreserved public auction.
"People from 71 countries registered for the auction, with buyers from a
Chinese automobile manufacturer BYD is supplying an order for 500 all-electric dump trucks from customers in China’s Shenzen area. The T10ZT models are said to be able to travel 280km on a single charge and feature 10.6m3 capacity dump bodies. The machines can be fully-charged in just 90 minutes and the deal also includes supplying both fixed and mobile fast-charging systems for both customers.
Since the Stage IIIB emissions standards went into effect in Janauary 2011 throughout most of Europe, portable compressor manufacturers have developed different technologies to comply with the directives. With its latest DrillAir order, the Norwegian drilling company Båsum Boring was the first to purchase a Stage IIIB-compliant Atlas Copco compressor. “We have been using Atlas Copco compressors for years and we like their reliability and service level. For Stage IIIB machines, we looked at other suppliers,
Terex Trucks has struck a major supply deal for machines to Jordan The extraction company COMEDAT has bought a fleet of 50 dump trucks to use at its operations, which are in the south and north of Jordan.
