Continental has announced that it will be taking a more active role in the area of fleet management systems for the construction industry – with a special focus on digitalization and telematics. Over the mid-term, the technology company will be...
It’s almost fifty years since the first Australian-made Kenworth rolled off the production line at the Bayswater plant in March 1971. It was a defining moment for Kenworth and the future of the Australian road transport industry. Almost five...
Broadford Excavations purchased a JCB 1.8 tonne zero tail swing excavator through JCB CEA’s Melbourne dealership. According to Brad Sanders, director of Broadford Excavations the 18Z-1 mini excavator has excellent reach, power and stability. Broadford Excavations is an earthworks and...
Calder Masonry has chosen a seventy-five tonne Volvo EC750E excavator as production increases at its sandstone quarry in northern England. Established in 1994, Calder Masonry acquired the Britannia Quarry and production facility in Morley, West Yorkshire eighteen months ago from...
Terex Trucks wants to expand its already 35-strong North American dealer network, bringing its TA300 and TA400 machines to even more customers throughout the region. With the way things are going, America – the ‘land of opportunity’ – will soon...
Thanks to its specially designed high-volume waste body, a customized TA300 articulated hauler from Terex Trucks is making light work of clearing waste at a recycling centre in Ayrshire, Scotland. Glasgow-based Clearwater is considered one of the UK's leading waste...
Luck Stone is pioneering the use of drones for quarries inspections, operations, and new project development planning. Drone data has uncovered $60,000 of hidden reserves at two different sites and managed $1 million of reserves by improving site design....
Townsville’s new $290 million North Queensland Stadium will be ready for the start of the 2020 NRL Premiership Season despite unprecedented flooding earlier this year. Housing and Public Works Minister Mick de Brenni said the stadium contractor, Watpac, has sought...
Automation technology is advancing, but what features do customers actually want? In this article Volvo CE’s Tina Lefebvre, Global Director Connected Services and Koen Sips, VP Customer Solutions, highlight how automated services are making every operator the world’s best. We...
Following the 2018 launch of the SDLG L958F in Australia, CJD’s BDM for SDLG Lea Clarke, set out across the great state of Queensland to put the new wheel loader to the test. Customers had the opportunity to test...
Boss Logging has been operating since 2004 by Matt Van Dam. Based in Bairnsdale, it has firmly established itself as an important player in harvesting and haulage in Victoria’s far east and high country. To haul his 23-meter B-doubles,...
Infrastructure Victoria has published the report of a community panel which it convened to consider changing the way Victorians pay for the transport network. The panel of 38 Victorians worked together over four weeks to consider the question: Under what...
Bomag aims to make its maintenance and repair service even better and quicker for customers worldwide with a digital 'Service Communication Platform'.  Whenever required, development engineers investigate the problem personally and find a solution live and directly on site....
Rio Tinto has discovered copper-gold mineralisation at the Winu project in the Yeneena Basin of the Paterson Province in Western Australia. The Winu project is located approximately 130 km north of the Telfer mine and 350 km southeast of...
CJD Trucks General Manager Brian Firth, along with CJD Managing Director Alan Barnett recently attended the PACCAR annual dealer event, held in Queenstown, New Zealand. CJD Trucks were presented with the Cummins Dealer of the Year award for 2018  
Melbourne-based road and infrastructure specialist May Asphalt Group chose the Dynapac CP1200W. May Asphalt Group Managing Director, Rick May, explained: “Together with our focus on quality and safety, we also place a significant emphasis on sustainability. We’re fully certified to ISO14001 environmental certif ication,...
The new 18Z and 19C mini excavators have operating weights of 1.7-1.8 tonnes and are offered in four variants. There are two upper structure designs, zero tail swing (18Z) and conventional tail swing (19C). In both cases they incorporate improved...
Caterpillar introduces the 990K Aggregate Handler, designed to handle greater payloads in aggregates yard applications. With as much as a 25 percent payload increase, as compared to the standard 990K, the new Aggregate Handler enables customers to load trucks...