CASE Construction has added Tier III technology engines to its new hydrostatic 850L and 1150K dozers, which the company says makes the machines easier to control and more productive.
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Hitachi strengthens its hand
HITACHI will buy a minority stake in Kawasaki’s wheel loader operation next year and has secured an option to take control of the business by 2012.
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Building disputes on track for faster resolution
IN RESPONSE to the effect of the global financial crisis on the Australian building and construction industry, Australia’s peak dispute resolution body, the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia, said today it was planning to speed up the dispute resolution process in the industry by collaborating with a number of industry groups.
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Two workers killed at Simandou
PERTH-based mining services company NRW Holdings has reported that two of its workers were killed at Rio Tinto’s Simandou iron ore project in Guinea.
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Industry Report – Projects
EACH Tuesday and Friday, CIN brings you the latest updates on major infrastructure projects – current and planned – across the nation. By tracking these updates, you can build your own database of substantial infrastructure projects about to commence or on the drawing boards.
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Keech to cast longer
As it nears its 75th anniversary, family owned Keech Castings is preparing to expand its Bendigo foundry. Paul Dicker reports
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Komatsu’s latest heavyweight
KOMATSU has unleashed its largest ever truck, the 327-tonne 960E-1 AC electric-drive hauler, which stands 7m tall and boasts tyres up to 4m in diameter.
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Germany outperforming other EU countries in terms of sustainability goals
The Circular Economy Index takes into account seven key metrics – annual municipal waste per person, municipal recycling rate, trade of recyclable raw materials, material reuse rate, investments in circular economy sectors, circular economy patents, and annual food waste per person.
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Plastics Pact launched to drive circular economy principles
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy initiative aims to move away from the current ‘take-make-dispose’ plastics economy towards one based on circular economy principles. The vision for such a system is that plastics are kept in the economy and out of the environment.
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Screw it, let’s do it
Speaking to Inside Waste after winning the Waste Management Association of Australia Innovation Award for automation at the facility at the 2017 Australian Landfill and Transfer Stations conference in March, Council’s manager – waste services, Troy Uren, said the decision to build the facility wasn’t based on a desire to be innovative. Instead, they were focused on their customers and how to better deliver services to the community as well as the operational aspects of running a facility.
Tapping into more than 20 years of waste management operations experience, including as a consultant who saw many mistakes made across the country, Uren decided that Council needed to bite the bullet and build a facility that avoided the mistakes made in the past. A key factor was to focus on the operational issues, rather than only focusing on engineering issues when designing a site, and construct a transfer station that could remain standing and efficient for decades to come.
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