With about 200 distributors and extensive logistical reach, GS Caltex India has consolidated its presence in Indian market. Rajesh Nagar, Managing Director & CEO, shares more on the market opportunities for lubricants in Indian construction and mining industry

Industrial lubricants play a major role in improving the operational efficiency productivity of an equipment. Currently, the demand is for thinner lubricants that provide longer oil drain intervals.

Caught in the web of policy paralysis and undesirable instances in the past many years, the mining sector in India is looking for a turnaround with policy support from the government and progressive steps taken by the mining majors.

With government focusing on infrastructure creation and development, construction and mining are expected to grow in the coming days, which means more compressed air power requirement.

Elgi Equipments offers portable compressed air solutions for a wide range of applications. Ramesh Ponnuswami, Executive Director, Elgi Equipments shares more on the industry scenario and solutions offered by the company.

Crushers and screens market is poised for a demand boom with the focus slowly shifting towards higher capacity machines to meet the growing demand for aggregates.

Tata Projects Limited announced that its ‘Smart Cities Business Unit’ has been awarded Bharat Net project in Chhattisgarh. The Rs 30.57 billion project involves laying of optical fibre network that follows ring architecture with Internet Protocol - Multi Protocol Label Switching (IP-MPLS) technology.

JCB has 15 operator training centres across India and trained about 25,000 people so far. Jasmeet Singh, Head - Corporate Communications and External Relations, JCB India, elaborates more on the importance of operator training and the company's initiatives.

According to a Central Government report, projects worth Rs 1.85 trillion have been awarded under the ambitious port connectivity programme of Sagarmala by March 2018.