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Outlook bright for Saudi nationals, as employment opportunities open up in the Kingdom’s construction sector Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 3 December 2015 – Saudi Arabia is likely to remain the dominant construction market in the GCC for the foreseeable future with an estimated $200 billion spend in construction projects planned over …

MILWAUKEE (December 3, 2015) – Exports of U.S.-made construction equipment dropped 17.6 percent for the first three quarters of 2015 compared to January-September 2014, for a total $10.8 billion shipped worldwide. All world regions experienced declines, led by Africa and South and Central America, according to the Association of Equipment …

One of San Francisco’s most famous landmarks is the Golden Gate Bridge, but when the city’s residents talk about “crossing the bridge” that’s not the one they mean. Instead they’re referring to the Bay Bridge, or to give it its full name the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Spanning San Francisco …

Confindustria Modena, SaMoTer and Unacea are organising the Italian pavilion of construction machinery at Excon, in Bangalore, from 25 to 29 November 2015 . 24 November 2015  After a slowdown linked to the trend in the national economy, the Indian construction machinery market has recorded a 13% increase in 2015, and should …

SARL Maurice Vesselle, a family run wine producing business, had been considering for a long time the idea of getting a crawler excavator for work in the vines in the Champagne region. They had to convert an existing machine so that it could pass over the top of the vines. …

Leif Magnusson of CLAAS is AEM Chair MILWAUKEE (November 5, 2015) – The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announces its 2016 officers as well as directors elected to the AEM Board of Directors and AG and CE Sector Boards. AEM Officers for 2016 are: Chair Leif J. Magnusson, President, CLAAS …

Nigeria has Africa’s largest economy and, driven by its natural resources and growing population, it’s continuing to expand at an impressive rate. That has made the country one of the continent’s busiest markets for construction and there are some ambitions projects under way – but none of them rival the …

Mammoet CEO to give keynote address at World Crane & Transport Summit (WC&TS) in Amsterdam on 4 and 5 November. Jan Kleijn, Mammoet CEO, will use his keynote address at the upcoming World Crane & Transport Summit (WCTS) to ask if the industry is fully prepared for potentially “disruptive” changes …

Terex Trucks has sold 10 new TR60 rigid dump trucks to new customer, Myanmar Thura for work on its jade mine in Kachin State. Myanmar Thura has made its first order of Terex Trucks rigid haulers, purchasing 10 new TR60s to cover expansion at the company’s jade mine in Kachin …

India is the world’s second most populous country and also has one of its fastest-growing economies, with massive expansions in manufacturing, technology and service industries that show no sign of slowing down. That’s all great news for the construction industry; India’s cities are expanding and modernising at an incredible rate, …