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South China Connected Auto and Smart Transport Expo – Castex 2020 announced
South China Connected Auto and Smart Transport Expo – Castex 2020 announced Today, at the Organizers Strategic Cooperation Agreement Signing Ceremony in Guangzhou, China, after months of intense preparations, the organization of CASTex 2020 (South China Connected Auto and Smart Transport Expo)...
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New EBRD Transport Strategy to promote sustainable and connected systems
New EBRD Transport Strategy to promote sustainable and connected systems The EBRD’s Board of Directors has approved a new Transport Strategy for the five years 2019-2024, refining the previous period’s Strategy to work in a more focussed way on emerging global green economy and climate targets in a...
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Orca Hub unveils AI and robotics research for offshore infrastructure work
Orca Hub unveils AI and robotics research for offshore infrastructure work A consortium of five universities, working with 35 industrial and innovation partners, has unveiled the latest results from its multimillion-pound Orca Hub (Offshore Robotics for the Certification of Assets) robotics research...
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Peterbilt Motors showcases a full line-up of Electric Trucks at the NACV Show
Peterbilt Motors showcases a full line-up of Electric Trucks at the NACV Show PACCAR is showcasing zero-emissions vehicles at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show (NACVS) that runs Oct. 28-31 in Atlanta. Peterbilt Motors Company will showcase its three electric vehicle configurations for refus...
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New Cat D5 Dozer delivers next gen performance and productivity-boosting tech
New Cat D5 Dozer delivers next gen performance and productivity-boosting tech The new Cat D5 Dozer offers superior performance and the broadest choice of easy-to-use technology features to help you get the most from your bulldozer. Nimble and responsive, it has power for dozing and finesse for gradi...
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Skyjack wins awards for bringing true Telematics value to the off-highway industry
Skyjack wins awards for bringing true Telematics value to the off-highway industry Skyjack unveiled its telematics solution, ELEVATE, in February 2018. Today, Skyjack’s telematics solution has won six awards throughout three different continents and is being shipped on 50% of machines leaving its fa...
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Manitou acquires majority stake in British equipment dealer Mawsley Machinery
Manitou acquires majority stake in British equipment dealer Mawsley Machinery The Manitou group, world leader in all-terrain material handling, announces the take over of a majority stake in its UK dealer Mawsley Machinery Ltd, based near Northampton, consecutive to the retirement of their main shar...
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German tree farm putting Volvo’s first electric compact wheel loader to the test
German tree farm putting Volvo’s first electric compact wheel loader to the test Leick Baumschulen is testing the first L25 Electric compact wheel loader from Volvo Construction Equipment, finding it to be a quiet, emission-free and easy-to-maintain addition to the tree farm and landscaping co...
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Hitachi forestry excavator offers speed and stability for Mivois Environment in France
Hitachi forestry excavator offers speed and stability for Mivois Environment in France French contractor Schmitt TP has invested in a Hitachi ZX135USL-6 forestry machine for environmental activities carried out by its subsidiary, Mivois Environment. Established in 2012, it specialises in cutting dow...
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Bath and NE Somerset Council turns to Yotta Alloy for street lighting maintenance
Bath and NE Somerset Council turns to Yotta Alloy for street lighting maintenance Technology company, Yotta has entered a three-year agreement to deliver its flagship connected asset management software solution, Alloy, and supporting services to Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) Council. The...
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Hyundai reveals their Truck Mobility Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Vision at NACV Show
Hyundai reveals their Truck Mobility Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Vision at NACV Show Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) today revealed two new concepts at the North American Commercial Vehicle (NACV) Show. Both concepts add product detail to its Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) 2030 Vision for wide-spread...
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EBRD and EU promote modern and ecologically friendly public transport in Ukraine
EBRD and EU promote modern and ecologically friendly public transport in Ukraine The city of Kherson in southern Ukraine with a population of approximately 300,000 is replacing its ageing fleet of trolley buses with a modern and ecologically friendly rolling stock and is the latest Ukrainian municip...
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Sweco explores energy-storage-as-a-service to cut carbon emissions
Sweco explores energy-storage-as-a-service to cut carbon emissions In a new report from Sweco, energy-storage-as-a-service is highlighted as a concept with potential to change the industry and cut carbon emissions. It entails making energy storage available to customers as a service against a monthl...
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Liebherr Betomat-type mixing tower covers the entire concrete logistics chain
Liebherr Betomat-type mixing tower covers the entire concrete logistics chain One of Austria’s most modern concrete mixing plants has been proving its worth since spring 2019. The Liebherr Betomat-type mixing tower was optimally adapted to customer requirements. With the new mixing tower, the...
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Claycrete II Soil Stabilizer increases stability of roads near rivers or flood Crossings
Claycrete II Soil Stabilizer increases stability of roads near rivers or flood Crossings World traveler and global road builder, Brian Jackman, invented and patented Claycrete II™ over 20 years ago. The chemical soil stabilizer has the potential to stabilize pavements by reacting with the cla...
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SOCOTEC undertakes works for major Welsh road improvement scheme
SOCOTEC undertakes works for major Welsh road improvement scheme SOCOTEC has taken on the role of principal contractor for ground investigation works along part of the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road Sections 5 & 6 (Dowlais Top to Hirwaun). This key route provides a strategic connection from cent...
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CABEI signs agreement with Korea Eximbank to promote electric mobility in Costa Rica
CABEI signs agreement with Korea Eximbank to promote electric mobility in Costa Rica The commitment between CABEI and Korea Eximbank involves joint work for the promotion of the Fast Passenger Train of the Greater Metropolitan Area of San José in Costa Rica and electrical sustainability in the regio...
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Africa Investment Forum is transforming the approach to infrastructure projects
Africa Investment Forum is transforming the approach to infrastructure projects Thanks to the Africa Investment Forum, for the first time in over half a century, traders and everyday commuters could travel from one half of the Gambia to the other in a matter of hours, instead of an entire day, or ev...
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MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air
MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a convenient method of extracting C0² for use in manufacturing and agriculture, as well as a tool in the battle against climate change. The new system can work on...
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Costain awarded new contracts across the UK Highways sector
Costain awarded new contracts across the UK Highways sector Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, has been awarded a range of new highways contracts in the last quarter, totalling over £150 million. The projects awarded incorporate a mix of services from consultancy and digital techno...
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Sydney Metro proves to be Doka’s largest tunnelling civil works project
Sydney Metro proves to be Doka’s largest tunnelling civil works project The new Sydney Metro standalone railway will deliver 31 metro stations and more than 66 kilometres of new metro rail, revolutionising the way Australia’s biggest city travels. Doka supplies formwork engineering services, m...
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48 years in the recycled aggregates business
48 years in the recycled aggregates business In October 1970, a 17-year-old Mike Broad, fresh out of education at Wigan Grammar School, secured his first job with local, family-owned quarrying and aggregates business Gaskell Bros., based in Ashton-in-Makerfield. It was to be the only company he woul...
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ERA reports Europe’s equipment rental market continues to grow
ERA reports Europe’s equipment rental market continues to grow The European Rental Association (ERA) has launched the ERA Market Report 2019 and reveals for the year 2018, in the EU-28 and EFTA countries, equipment rental companies and other companies providing rental services generated a tota...
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Vermeer launches innovative XR2 Vacuum Excavator
Vermeer launches innovative XR2 Vacuum Excavator Vermeer continues to propel the utility industry forward with the introduction of a new advancement in hydro-excavation. The Vermeer XR2 vacuum excavator is the industry’s first vacuum excavator equipped with a shaker deck that separates liquids and s...
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Could concrete roads enable fast charging of electric vehicles
Could concrete roads enable fast charging of electric vehicles ‘Range anxiety’ is a major barrier to the widespread adoption of electric cars. Britpave, the infrastructure group, believes that concrete roads that charge electric vehicles as they pass over the road’s surface could be the answer. Incr...
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Clearview to launch first of its kind pedestrian and cycle counter at Highways UK
Clearview to launch first of its kind pedestrian and cycle counter at Highways UK With the Highways UK show fast approaching, Clearview Intelligence have been gearing up to showcase their new first of its kind pedestrian and cycle counter at the event. Taking place on November 6th and 7th at the NEC...
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British Construction firms fined £36m for breaking competition law
British Construction firms fined £36m for breaking competition law The British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued three firms with fines totalling more than £36m for breaking competition law in supplying certain concrete drainage products for building projects. Following an investiga...
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Boels Rental invests €29 million for Europe wide JCB Hire Fleet
Boels Rental invests €29 million for Europe wide JCB Hire Fleet Leading European plant and tool hire company Boels Rental has placed its biggest ever order with JCB as it invests in a new machine fleet, all fitted with the latest telematics technology. Netherlands-based Boels Rental has placed an or...
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Gordon Bow Plant Hire invests in the future with Volvo Construction Equipment
Gordon Bow Plant Hire invests in the future with Volvo Construction Equipment Gordon Bow Plant Hire Ltd of Broxburn, West Lothian, has added ten new Volvo EC140E excavators for the very first time, as part of a significant £5M investment programme in its fleet rejuvenation and general operations. Th...
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BigChange mobile technology streamlining and protecting GAP Hire equipment
BigChange mobile technology streamlining and protecting GAP Hire equipment GAP Hire Solutions, the UK’s largest independent equipment hire company, has deployed a cloud-based mobile resource management system from Leeds-based BigChange. The system has boosted the efficiency of GAP’s operations by eq...
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Hyundai develops first machine learning Smart Cruise Control technology
Hyundai develops first machine learning Smart Cruise Control technology Hyundai Motor Group announced the development of the world’s first Machine Learning based Smart Cruise Control (SCC-ML), a technology that incorporates the driver’s patterns into its self-driving behavior, creating a custom expe...
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Are we doing enough to combat construction waste?
Are we doing enough to combat construction waste? As the effects on the world become too great to deny, we’re seeing more and more focus turning towards the level of waste produced globally. A widespread understanding that this isn’t sustainable has lead to various sectors looking for ways to addres...
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Modular construction can help to solve the UK housing crisis
Modular construction can help to solve the UK housing crisis Modular Construction is not a new concept, but has been used all around the world for decades. In the UK this method of construction has recently seen a resurgence in popularity, with both housebuilders and policymakers starting to realise...
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KB Group expands loader fleet with Hitachi Premium Rental in Amsterdam
KB Group expands loader fleet with Hitachi Premium Rental in Amsterdam The KB Group has expanded its fleet of Hitachi construction machinery with the delivery of two new wheel loaders – a medium ZW310-6 and large ZW370-6 – from Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) Nederland. The Dutch company has fa...
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Hyundai CE Europe unveils a trio of Stage V compliant HL900 wheel loaders
Hyundai CE Europe unveils a trio of Stage V compliant HL900 wheel loaders Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) kick starts the HL900 A-series with three Stage V compliant wheel loaders: the HL940A, HL955A and the HL960A. The new A-Series is more than simply Stage V compliant Facing a continu...
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The Executive Hire Show gearing up for a great 2020 event
The Executive Hire Show gearing up for a great 2020 event The tool, equipment and compact plant hire industry continues to go from strength to strength according to reports from the organisers of the Executive Hire Show 2020 (5-6 February Ricoh Arena, Coventry). During the annual exhibitor ‘Kick-Off...
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JCB wins a major order for their new electric mini excavator from A-Plant
JCB wins a major order for their new electric mini excavator from A-Plant JCB has announced it has secured its biggest fleet deal to date for its brand new electric mini excavator – just weeks after going into full production. The 19C-1E models – JCB’s first-ever electric mini excavator...
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Bollinger Motors reveals 4 Door B1 and B2 Electric Trucks
Bollinger Motors reveals 4 Door B1 and B2 Electric Trucks Bollinger Motors revealed the four-door B1 all-electric Sport Utility Truck and the B2 electric Pickup Truck. These beta prototypes mark a major milestone in the company’s next steps toward production. The Bollinger B1 and Bollinger B2 are th...
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StripesnSigns on the fast track in East and Central Africa
StripesnSigns on the fast track in East and Central Africa StripesnSigns by Edgepoint Company Ltd, a construction company in Tanzania that began their operations in 2011 has won all 6 major Tanzanian Road Marking contracts in the financial year of 2019/2020. The contracts consist of Road Marking wor...
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Are Construction Robots the future for the Industry?
Are Construction Robots the future for the Industry? A consortium of Swiss researchers recently built an entire home using construction robots and 3D-printed building materials in what they claim is the future of the construction industry. Their process turned out to be faster, safer, and more envir...
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Ashcourt Group upgrade with new Volvo excavators, loaders and a paver
Ashcourt Group upgrade with new Volvo excavators, loaders and a paver The Hull-based Ashcourt Group has added more Volvo excavators and loading shovels to its plant fleet, together with a P6870C wheeled paver that will go to work for the Group’s Civils and Highways divisions. The excavators in quest...
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Soil Handling Steering Group to establish new guidelines
Soil Handling Steering Group to establish new guidelines A new partnership, the between the Institute of Quarrying (IQ) and Natural England has been created to update the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) ‘Good Practice for Handling Soils’. The original guide was first publi...
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Construction connectivity: the best is yet to come for Volvo CE
Construction connectivity: the best is yet to come for Volvo CE Volvo Construction Equipment may have helped the Volvo Group reach a major milestone with 1 million connected assets, but they are already asking “what is next for construction connectivity?” Catrin Nilsson, Manager, Connect...
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Prova invests in X Machines for buyers and sellers of plant equipment
Prova invests in X Machines for buyers and sellers of plant equipment Prova, a global leader in automotive, cleantech and environmental communications, has further grown its investment portfolio with a stake in X Machines, a business aimed at delivering a worldwide marketplace for buyers and sellers...
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Metso launches new Nordtrack mobile crushing and screening range
Metso launches new Nordtrack mobile crushing and screening range Metso expands its mobile crushing and screening solutions offering for the aggregates industry with an extensive new product portfolio. The new Metso Nordtrack range introduces 19 products designed to meet the requirements of general c...
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Network Rail offering epic career choice with Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeships
Network Rail offering epic career choice with Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeships Network Rail are recruiting for the next batch of future rail leaders through the Engineering Apprenticeships scheme. Applications are now open for a March 2020 start and will close when all places have been filled. En...
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Autonomous vehicles identified as the most relevant strategic advance for airport
Autonomous vehicles identified as the most relevant strategic advance for airport Aebi Schmidt invited over 200 airport professionals from 38 countries to an experience day on Tuesday, 8 October. The focus was on presentations and discussions on the topics of autonomous vehicles and how operation pr...
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MIT Electroadhesive innovation could lead to adhesives you can turn on and off
MIT Electroadhesive innovation could lead to adhesives you can turn on and off As circuit boards are packed with ever smaller components, however, robotic grippers’ ability to manipulate these objects is approaching a limit. Now Kim, Hart, and others have developed a miniature Electroadhesive stamp...
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Beijing Daxing Airport relies on Thales and BEST for Air Traffic Management
Beijing Daxing Airport relies on Thales and BEST for Air Traffic Management Beijing Daxing International Airport becomes officially operational on September 25. Thales and Beijing EasySky Technology Ltd. (BEST), a joint venture between Thales and Civil Aviation Air Traffic Control Technology & E...
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Miles Macadam completes Europe’s only multi-storey coach park
Miles Macadam completes Europe’s only multi-storey coach park North West based specialist surfacing company, Miles Macadam, has completed works to surface Europe’s first multi-storey coach parking complex, which will accommodate visitors to Wembley Stadium. Miles Macadam’s reputation as a mark...
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Metcalfe Farms brings in the harvest with Volvo Construction Equipment
Metcalfe Farms brings in the harvest with Volvo Construction Equipment Metcalfe Farms Ltd, the heavy haulage and farming concern based at Leyburn, North Yorkshire, has purchased a Volvo L180H loading shovel and an EC480E excavator. Taking charge of its mineral extraction activities at the Washfold f...
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NEBOSH signs Memorandum of Understanding with Mental Health UK
NEBOSH signs Memorandum of Understanding with Mental Health UK To mark World Mental Health Day 2019 NEBOSH has announced plans to work with Mental Health UK. The memorandum of understanding, which was signed at a reception at the House of Lords last month, will see NEBOSH and the charity explore way...
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Highways England starts survey for a new Merseyside bypass
Highways England starts survey for a new Merseyside bypass Environmental specialists have begun carrying out surveys as part of design work for a new Merseyside bypass to the Port of Liverpool. Contractors working for Highways England are investigating habitats for otters, birds and bats which need...
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Second caisson enables new sea lock in IJmuiden
Second caisson enables new sea lock in IJmuiden Rijkswaterstaat has achieved an important milestone in the construction of the new sea lock in IJmuiden. The second caisson of the sea lock has reached its final position. The doors of the lock will slide in and out of the caisson on the canal side (in...
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John Deere introduces Mechanical Angle Blade for 950K and 1050K Crawler Dozers
John Deere introduces Mechanical Angle Blade for 950K and 1050K Crawler Dozers Developed based on customer feedback, John Deere now manufactures the mechanical angle blade for the 950K and 1050K crawler dozers. The John Deere-designed mechanical angle blade can be manually angled side to side, makin...
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SWECO awarded two big road upgrade contracts with Galliford Try
SWECO awarded two big road upgrade contracts with Galliford Try Engineering consultancy Sweco is set to deliver two major road programme upgrades worth £435 million, in partnership with lead contractor Galliford Try. The contracts, which form part of Highways England’s £8.7 billion Regional Delivery...
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SE England transport strategy to transform economy and hit net-zero carbon by 2050
SE England transport strategy to transform economy and hit net-zero carbon by 2050 An ambitious transport strategy plan to more than double the South East’s economy by 2050, create half a million new jobs, reduce congestion, cut carbon emissions and boost air quality has been published today – and p...
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60,000th Liebherr Crawler Excavator turns heads on the Champs Elysées
60,000th Liebherr Crawler Excavator turns heads on the Champs Elysées Within the framework of organising a Liebherr event at the House of Alsace, in the heart of the Champs Elysées, the 60,000th Liebherr crawler excavator occupied a very special place on the world’s most beautiful avenue on 12...
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HYPER VR co-design platform enables clients to physically experience their visions
HYPER VR co-design platform enables clients to physically experience their visions HYPER, the London-based VR startup born from the EIT Digital-supported “HyperCRC” innovation activity, has launched a spatial design platform that fuses virtual reality with real, motion-tracked models, enabling compa...
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Belt and Road Initiative is the world’s largest infrastructure and investment project
Belt and Road Initiative is the world’s largest infrastructure and investment project Volvo Construction Equipment (VolvoCE) takes on its most ambitious project yet: the development of China’s vast New Silk Road, formally known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which spans three continent...
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