The public sector iron ore mining major NMDC Ltd has signed an agreement with Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd (Midhani), a specialist in developing metals and alloys, to work on tungsten ore mining and processing for use in strategic defence areas.

Globally, the mining sector is de-growing by 20-25 per cent, but the fact that India´s mining sector is likely to grow by a similar percentage, is the predominant sentiment amongst the country´s equipment and mine owner community. Government reforms in the mining sector, its initiatives to privatise mining and drive public sector undertakings like Coal India to put their act together, are some of the key drivers of growth.

Service strategy of any mining machinery service companies should be designed to maximise service-based value creation to OEM or end customers. Ranjit Ravindran elaborates...There is no one-size-fits-all service strategy to suit every machinery company, but there are three broad models that cover how most can make money from services

While buying a backhoe loader, one needs to pay attention to various factors. Before buying a backhoe loader, it is important to understand and differentiate between the different specs offered by the various variants. Knowing what features are most important to a customer as per the work required will help him in the longer run.

Tyres are the only connect between the vehicle and the terrain hence ensuring that tyres are reliable, safe, performance worthy anytime and every time, is critical specially for severe duty applications such as construction, industrial plant, mining, recycling, scrap handling etc.

High pressure, large diameter and volumetric capacity hoses fitted with appropriately speced fittings and protection covering are key ingredients for heavy construction and mining machinery. Such hoses have endured extreme usage under adverse to poor operating cycles and environment.

Carmix reached its first important milestone in India with the sale of its 100th small mobile concrete batching plant. Manuela Galante, Marketing Director, Carmix, commented on the occasion, “These are definitely extraordinary results made possible thanks to good quality, major versatility, and avant-garde tools that render Carmix’s self-loading cement-mixer trucks essential to facing up to even the toughest of construction jobs and extreme work scenarios.

Mininstry of Road Transport and Highways is working on a proposal with Ministry of Defence to construct runways on highway stretches and 22 such spots have been identified across the country.

Soilmec SpA, a company specialised in the design, manufacture and distribution of equipment for the ground engineering industry, has joined Unacea, the Italian trade association of construction equipment firms.