With an abundance of coal resources, international power providers are recognizing the potential that lies beneath the wilderness of the Borneo jungle. Korean Electric Power Industrial Development Co., Ltd (KEPID) has joined forces with native coal giant, Hasnur Group, to run a seamless international mining and distribution operation using the …
Read More »Heavy metal heats up in Germany
Despite temperatures of over 1,000 degrees, a fleet of modified Volvo wheel loaders is keeping its cool at Detlef Hegemann’s molten steel mill in Northern Germany. Lying 60km south of the North Sea coast, Bremen – with a major port on the River Weser – is a city in northwestern …
Read More »Shaving off time at Canadian sawmill
Tembec is producing more than 115 million square feet of timber a year – with Volvo Construction Equipment ‘chipping’ in to help. Cochrane is now a bustling town in northern Ontario, Canada, just northeast the local city of Timmins. The trappers may have long gone but you still need …
Read More »Volvo Construction Equipment finalizes the acquisition of the hauler business from Terex
The previously announced acquisition of Terex’s hauler business was today completed. The purchase consideration amounted to USD 160 M (approx. SEK 1 bn) on a cash and debt-free basis. The deal includes the main production facility in Motherwell, Scotland and two product ranges that offer both rigid and articulated haulers. …
Read More »Waste not, want not, thanks to Volvo
A fleet of Volvo wheel loaders and excavators are helping Zimmermann Recycling & Transport sort and recycle 200,000 tonnes of waste every year. Germany has been at the forefront of the recycling movement and still leads the way when it comes to collecting, sorting and finding new revenue generating uses …
Read More »Nigeria’s very own Atlantis
About 50 Volvo machines are being used in Nigeria to work on the Eko Atlantic Project – the biggest land reclamation project in the world. Lagos is the largest city in Africa and lies on the Gulf of Guinea coast. It’s the second fastest-growing city in Africa and the seventh …
Read More »Making light of overburden in India
Montecarlo Construction Limited (MCL) is removing over 66 million cubic meters of overburden at an open-cast quarry in Singrauli. Singrauli is a town in the East Indian state of Madhya Pradesh – part of an area that is emerging as India’s energy capital. India itself is already the third …
Read More »Dubai canal project barges into town
Detech Contracting is building part of the major Dubai canal project in the United Arab Emirates that will connect Jumeirah Creek to the Arabian Sea. After a post financial crisis wobble Dubai is once again the poster child of the Persian Gulf. Not only is it a glitzy ‘global city’ …
Read More »Lebanese dam reaches new high
A fleet of Volvo machines are being used to build the Boqaata dam in Lebanon, which will hold seven million cubic meters of water. Mount Sannine is a famous mountain in the province of Mount Lebanon, which lies on a base of limestone and is the source of many mountain …
Read More »The land of Phosphate shines in China
Yunnan Phosphate Chemical Group is using more than 40 Volvo construction machines to drive its mineral operations in China. Yunnan is a beautiful mountain area in the far southwest of China, sharing borders by Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam. Not only does it boast the largest variety of plant life in …
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