Brazil mining company ordered to pay $30 mn fine

TractoPart | Nov 25, 2015 | 0 comments

Rio de Janeiro, Nov 19 (EFE).- Brazilian mining company Samarco said Thursday it had been ordered by Minas Gerais state to pay a 112 million reais ($30 million) fine for environmental damage caused by the bursting of one of its tailings dams, a disaster that left at least 11 dead. The rupture of the dam

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Plans for the tallest building in the world unveiled by AMBS Architechts

TractoPart | Nov 25, 2015 | 0 comments

AMBS Architechts, which has offices in Iraq and London has unveiled plans for a 1,152m tall building that, if built, will be the tallest in the world. It would actually be made up of four buildings covered by a veil, giving the building the name of the Bride. This wouldn’t just be any building but

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Load more, make more: Caterpillar launches new hydraulic mining shovel

TractoPart | Nov 24, 2015 | 0 comments

Caterpillar has added the newest hydraulic mining shovel to its arsenal–and it’s a force to be reckoned with. Built to deliver a substantial productivity advantage, the new 6015B is equipped with a 100-ton shovel and a single Cat C27 ACERT engine, the most powerful in its class, to provide greater digging power and faster digging cycles while also

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CASE Partners with FWS, National Wildlife Refuge Association and Team Rubicon for Heavy Equipment Operator Training

TractoPart | Nov 24, 2015 | 0 comments

CASE Construction Equipment, the National Wildlife Refuge Association, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Team Rubicon teamed up for an equipment operator training and erosion abatement project at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge in Los Fresnos, Texas. The project achieved two primary goals: Certify equipment operators with Team Rubicon to work on

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Why Chinese firms are elbowing out foreign rivals in road construction

TractoPart | Nov 23, 2015 | 0 comments

The firms will pocket a cool Sh63 billion of a possible Sh90.6 billion when they complete the projects. The balance will be shared between three European contractors and one Indian contractor. Kenya will have the crumbs that are maintenance and supervision. And, even those are not guaranteed. This year when the Government advertised for

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Motivational Monday

TractoPart | Nov 23, 2015 | 0 comments

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AGC: Construction job growth bounces back in 35 states

TractoPart | Nov 23, 2015 | 0 comments

DIVE BRIEF: Construction employment bounced back in October with job growth in 35 states between September and October, while year-over-year, 43 states and the District of Columbia saw increases, the Associated General Contractors of America reported. New York (7,800 jobs; 2.2%) and Idaho (4.6%; 1,800 jobs) saw the largest month-over-month gains in employment, while

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Where Construction Jobs Are Booming

TractoPart | Nov 22, 2015 | 0 comments

Construction employment increased in 43 states including the District of Columbia since last year, the Labor Department said Friday, a bit of good news for a sector still struggling with the effects of the Great Recession. The West and the South led the way: Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas and Nevada have posted double-digit percentage growth in

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Britain’s biggest housebuilders slow home construction

TractoPart | Nov 20, 2015 | 0 comments

©Bloomberg Britain’s biggest housebuilders are slowing the construction of homes, just months after the chancellor pledged to “fix the foundations” of the housing crisis with measures aimed at accelerating building. The number of new homes registered in the three months to the end of September was 2 per cent lower than a year ago,

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Versatile Carmix takes concrete to North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania

May 1, 2017

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The gold mine in North Mara is situated in the north-west of Tanzania, at about 100 kilometres east of Lake Victoria and 20 kilometres south of the border with Kenya. The gold mine works an average of 8,000 tonnes of minerals a day and produced 287,188 ounces of gold in 2015. The gold

WORKERS’ MEMORIAL DAY

May 1, 2017

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Workers’ Memorial Day, observed each year on April 28, honors workers killed, injured, or made ill at work. Since 1992, BLS has collected data on both nonfatal work injuries and illnesses that result in days away from work, and fatal work injuries. In 2015, the occupations with the highest number of nonfatal injuries and illnesses

TOP 15 CONSIDERATIONS FOR MAINTAINING UNDERCARRIAGE HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY

Apr 28, 2017

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The undercarriage of a machine represents a significant portion of a piece of equipment’s purchase price. Proper maintenance and operation practices are critical for protecting your equipment investment. Undercarriage maintenance is critical to the overall productivity of a machine. It is the mechanism that gives tracked machines much of their power and stability. It also

Deere Adds 8-Year / 20K Hour Warranty on 944K Electric-Drive Components

Apr 27, 2017

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John Deere is now offering a 96-month / 20,000-hour power electronic components warranty on the Deere 944K hybrid wheel loader. The warranty is retroactive to existing machines in the field and provided on new 944K loaders through October 31, 2018. The warranty includes a 96-month (eight-year) or 20,000-hour (whichever comes first) non-prorated assurance on wheel

VERMEER SILVER SERIES DRILL RODS COMPOSED OF S135 COMMON GRADE STEEL

Apr 27, 2017

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Vermeer’s Silver Series drill rod is composed of S135 common grade steel and is threaded in the same facility as the company’s Firestick drill rod with the same column wall thickness. The Silver Series drill rod is available in four sizes: 1.66-inch, 1.9-inch, 2.06-inch, and 2.375-inch, for use on the D7x11 through the D24x40

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