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EBRD Backs €99m Mining Equipment Modernisation in West Africa
EBRD Backs €99m Mining Equipment Modernisation in West Africa Mining contractor Mota-Engil Africa is set to modernise operations at three mines in Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal following a €99.1 million f...
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Beyond Heavy Iron – Reinventing the Construction Machine
Beyond Heavy Iron – Reinventing the Construction Machine Electric powertrains, hydrogen engines, fuel cells, robotics and machine intelligence are opening up new possibilities for construction e...
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Heavy-Duty Tool Storage for Modern Equipment Maintenance Workshops
Heavy-Duty Tool Storage for Modern Equipment Maintenance Workshops A fully equipped maintenance toolbox can weigh hundreds of kilograms before a technician has picked up a single spanner. In commercia...
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ESAB Introduces ROBBI AI for Adaptive Robotic Welding
ESAB Introduces ROBBI AI for Adaptive Robotic Welding ESAB has introduced a collaborative robotic welding system that can identify weld joints, generate welding paths and adjust its movements as condi...
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Trailers, the Hidden Workhorses of Construction
Trailers, the Hidden Workhorses of Construction A compact excavator might spend eight hours digging trenches, but its profitability can depend on what happens before the first bucket touches the groun...
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Trimble Expands 3D Excavator Grade Control with Dual DA2 GNSS Receivers
Trimble Expands 3D Excavator Grade Control with Dual DA2 GNSS Receivers Trimble is introducing a lower-cost configuration of its Earthworks 3D grade control system for excavators, using two DA2 GNSS r...
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The Economics of Moving Earth
The Economics of Moving Earth Why Construction Machinery Productivity Depends on Much More Than the Machine Two identical hydraulic excavators are working on separate earthmoving projects. Both have t...
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Caterpillar Introduces Three Compact Excavators Built for Different Demands
Caterpillar Introduces Three Compact Excavators Built for Different Demands Caterpillar has introduced three compact hydraulic excavators designed around the different demands of restricted access, ma...
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John Deere Expands Compact Grading with SmartGrade Box Blades
John Deere Expands Compact Grading with SmartGrade Box Blades John Deere has introduced two SmartGrade box blade attachments for its 333 and 335 P-Tier compact track loaders, bringing integrated grade...
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Volvo VNX Brings Heavy-Haul Capability to North America’s Construction Fleets
Volvo VNX Brings Heavy-Haul Capability to North America’s Construction Fleets Volvo Trucks has introduced the all-new Volvo VNX for North American construction, vocational and heavy-haul operati...
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Ritchie Bros. Expands Orlando Heavy Equipment Auction to Six Days for 2027
Ritchie Bros. Expands Orlando Heavy Equipment Auction to Six Days for 2027 Ritchie Bros. will extend its annual February Orlando heavy equipment auction from five to six days in 2027, following an eve...
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Colorbiotics GEM Vision Brings Laser Measurement to Aggregate Conveyors
Colorbiotics GEM Vision Brings Laser Measurement to Aggregate Conveyors Measuring the volume of material travelling along a conveyor belt sounds straightforward until the flow becomes irregular. Mulch...
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Why Construction Machines Look the Way They Do
Why Construction Machines Look the Way They Do In 1885, an American road inspector named J.D. Adams developed an improvement to the horse-drawn grader that remains recognisable on modern machines. Rat...
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RB Global Expects Stronger Marketplace Trading as Equipment Sales Grow
RB Global Expects Stronger Marketplace Trading as Equipment Sales Grow Billions of dollars’ worth of construction machinery, commercial vehicles and industrial assets change hands through RB Glo...
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From Horsepower to Kilowatts – The Evolution of Construction Machinery
From Horsepower to Kilowatts – The Evolution of Construction Machinery In 1895, the British Army’s statutory allowance for each horse placed in civilian quarters was 10 lb of oats, 12 lb o...
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High Voltage Takes Hyundai Electric Forklifts to 18 Tonnes
High Voltage Takes Hyundai Electric Forklifts to 18 Tonnes An 18-tonne forklift working around a steel yard, port or precast concrete plant presents a rather different electrification problem from a w...
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Flannery Adds 97 Kubota Excavators in Major Fleet Investment
Flannery Adds 97 Kubota Excavators in Major Fleet Investment Utility work places different demands on construction equipment from a conventional building or major infrastructure site. Machines may mov...
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Keeping Connected Construction Machinery Online Across Borders
Keeping Connected Construction Machinery Online Across Borders A Komatsu excavator working in Saudi Arabia presents few unusual mechanical challenges simply because it was built for an international m...
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John Deere Targets the Transport Sweet Spot with New 40 P-Tier Excavator
John Deere Targets the Transport Sweet Spot with New 40 P-Tier Excavator John Deere is adding a new machine between its 35 P-Tier and 50 P-Tier compact excavators, targeting a particularly useful part...
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Miller Plant Invests in Smarter Cat Earthmoving Fleet
Miller Plant Invests in Smarter Cat Earthmoving Fleet Miller Plant Ltd has committed £1.7 million to a seven-machine Caterpillar fleet for civil engineering and infrastructure work across north-east S...
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Mascus at 25 and the Evolution of Used Equipment Sales
Mascus at 25 and the Evolution of Used Equipment Sales Selling a used excavator across borders was a considerably more cumbersome business when Mascus launched its first website in Helsinki in January...
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Volvo A45 Hauler Makes its Japanese Quarry Debut
Volvo A45 Hauler Makes its Japanese Quarry Debut A one-tonne increase in payload does not sound particularly dramatic on a machine already capable of carrying more than 40 tonnes. Repeated hundreds of...
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Autonomous Rollers Move into Production on Puerto Rico Airport Project
Autonomous Rollers Move into Production on Puerto Rico Airport Project Three autonomous compaction rollers are working together on the construction of a new runway at Rafael Hernández International Ai...
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Develon Puts Machine Intervention and Electric Excavation to Work at steinexpo
Develon Puts Machine Intervention and Electric Excavation to Work at steinexpo Construction machinery safety systems are beginning to cross an important boundary. Cameras, radar and object detection h...
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Komatsu Pushes Excavator Development Closer to Asia’s Jobsites
Komatsu Pushes Excavator Development Closer to Asia’s Jobsites Komatsu is expanding its excavator range for Asian growth markets with three machines spanning the 7-tonne and 20-tonne classes, but the...
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HD Construction Equipment and Manitou Building a Bigger Compact Machinery Business
HD Construction Equipment and Manitou Building a Bigger Compact Machinery Business HD Construction Equipment and Manitou Group have agreed to exchange compact construction equipment across their respe...
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From Toilet Paper to Robots – How Road Crack Sealing Has Evolved
From Toilet Paper to Robots – How Road Crack Sealing Has Evolved In November 2016, Highways.Today published one of those stories that sounded too ridiculous to ignore. Road maintenance crews in...
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Xwatch Safety Tech Moves Into Fleet Specification at Select Plant Hire
Xwatch Safety Tech Moves Into Fleet Specification at Select Plant Hire Around 30 new JCB machines entering the Select Plant Hire fleet are passing through an Xwatch installation programme as part of a...
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Ritchie Bros. Lines Up 1,300+ Lots for UK and Ireland Equipment Auction
Ritchie Bros. Lines Up 1,300+ Lots for UK and Ireland Auction More than 1,300 equipment lots are now listed for Ritchie Bros.’ UK and Ireland unreserved auction on 23 and 24 September, bringing...
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Palletised Variable Message Sign Removes the Trailer from Urban Roadworks
Palletised Variable Message Sign Removes the Trailer from Urban Roadworks Variable message signs have spent decades travelling with their own trailers. SG has now separated the two, developing a palle...
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Bechtel Turns to Wet Processing for its Next Century of Materials Production
Bechtel Turns to Wet Processing for its Next Century of Materials Production A quarry and materials business founded in southern Germany in 1926 is preparing for its second century with an investment...
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Updated Volkswagen Caddy Rolls Off the Line in Poznań
Updated Volkswagen Caddy Rolls Off the Line in Poznań Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has started production of its updated Caddy in Poznań, Poland, extending a manufacturing programme that has produce...
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HKX Brings Field-Installed Hydraulics to Wheel Loaders
HKX Brings Field-Installed Hydraulics to Wheel Loaders Ordering a wheel loader with auxiliary hydraulics can mean a factory lead time of 12 to 20 weeks, according to HKX. The company’s first fie...
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Buying a Used Excavator Without Buying Someone Else’s Problems
Buying a Used Excavator Without Buying Someone Else’s Problems A used excavator with clean paint, reasonable hours and an attractive price can still conceal an expensive history. Worn undercarriages,...
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Develon Refines DX35Z-7 Mini Excavator for Confined-Site Work
Develon Refines DX35Z-7 Mini Excavator for Confined-Site Work Develon has reworked its four-tonne zero-tail-swing mini excavator with a new engine, altered boom geometry and faster arm movement, conce...
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Carbon-Fibre Dust Puts Electric Compressor Design to the Test at Hexcel
Carbon-Fibre Dust Puts Electric Compressor Design to the Test at Hexcel Electrifying industrial equipment becomes a rather different engineering proposition when conductive carbon-fibre dust is circul...
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Volvo Electric Machines Put Nuremberg’s Zero-Emission Tender to the Test
Volvo Electric Machines Put Nuremberg’s Zero-Emission Tender to the Test Nuremberg has turned the demolition of a former nursery into an unusual test of municipal procurement. The German city re...
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HKX Acquisition Takes MPS into Construction Equipment
HKX Acquisition Takes MPS into Construction Equipment Multi Parts Solutions has entered the construction equipment sector through the acquisition of HKX, bringing a specialist in excavator hydraulics...
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MAJOR Takes High-Vibration Screening into the Basalt Quarry at steinexpo
MAJOR Takes High-Vibration Screening into the Basalt Quarry at steinexpo Screening equipment rarely receives the attention given to crushers, excavators and loaders in a quarry, yet comparatively smal...
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Volvo R70 Rigid Hauler Makes European Debut at Bettenfeld Quarry
Volvo R70 Rigid Hauler Makes European Debut at Bettenfeld Quarry Europe’s first Stage V Volvo R70 rigid hauler has entered service at SHF Steinbruchbetriebe’s Bettenfeld Quarry in Germany,...
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Making Existing Diesel Trucks Compatible with Electric Highways
Making Existing Diesel Trucks Compatible with Electric Highways Europe has spent years proving that heavy trucks can draw power from overhead lines while travelling at motorway speeds. Germany’s...
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Mountain Bike Trail Building Turns to On-Site Material Processing
Mountain Bike Trail Building Turns to On-Site Material Processing Mountain bike trails may be built for recreation, but beneath the berms, rollers and carefully shaped corners sits a surprisingly conv...
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Seven Liebherr Cranes Coordinate Ulm’s B10 Bridge Reconstruction
Seven Liebherr Cranes Coordinate Ulm’s B10 Bridge Reconstruction Replacing a major road bridge above an operating railway is as much a problem of space and logistics as it is one of lifting capacity....
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Ritchie Bros. Takes Heavy Equipment Bidding Fully Mobile
Ritchie Bros. Takes Heavy Equipment Bidding Fully Mobile Buying a used excavator, truck or wheel loader at auction no longer necessarily requires a buyer to stop what they are doing, open a laptop and...
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Mastenbroek Refines 20/15 Drainage Trencher for 2026
Mastenbroek Refines 20/15 Drainage Trencher for 2026 A machine first introduced in 1981 might seem an unlikely place to look for equipment development, but Mastenbroek’s latest 20/15 drainage tr...
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Used Equipment Supply Tightens as European Buyer Demand Accelerates
Used Equipment Supply Tightens as European Buyer Demand Accelerates Demand for used tractor units across Europe rose 72% year-on-year during the second quarter of 2026 while the number advertised for...
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Liebherr Brings Electrified Quarrying and Heavy Machinery to steinexpo
Liebherr Brings Electrified Quarrying and Heavy Machinery to steinexpo A 130-tonne electric mining excavator connected directly to the grid will sit alongside a 564 kWh mobile battery system when Lieb...
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How Drive-by-Wire Is Reshaping Autonomous Machine Architecture
How Drive-by-Wire Is Reshaping Autonomous Machine Architecture The international rulebook for fully automated vehicles acquired considerably more substance in June 2026 when the UNECE World Forum for...
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Volvo EC400 Hybrid Cuts Fuel Use by 30% at Clariant Bentonite Mines
Volvo EC400 Hybrid Excavator Cuts Fuel Use by 30% at Clariant Bentonite Mines At Clariant’s bentonite pits in Lower Bavaria, a Volvo EC400 Hybrid excavator has reduced fuel consumption by around...
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Nextpower Pushes Solar Integration Deeper into the Power Plant with NX PowerMerge
Nextpower Pushes Solar Integration Deeper into the Power Plant with NX PowerMerge A single patent on a direct current connector rarely shifts an industry, yet United States patent 12,712,292 tells a p...
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