Ritchie Bros. to auction 2,350 items in Dubai

Ritchie Bros. has revealed details of its large December auction in Dubai, set to be held next week in Jebel Ali. More...

Construction

Caterpillar: China demand ‘not expected to recover to peak’

Construction equipment giant Caterpillar has warned that it does not expect demand for excavators in China to recover to the peaks of...

Features

Big machines, big data: What telematics means for Mideast construction

In our modern world, the idea of transferring information via telecommunication devices may not seem so groundbreaking. However, the application of such...

Opinion

Egypt’s New Suez Canal, and the machines essential for development

The New Suez Canal project featured in this month’s issue of Construction Machinery ME may not be the most expensive infrastructure project in...

Features

Sisi’s one-year challenge: Dredging the New Suez Canal in Egypt

When the New Suez Canal is officially opened early this August, it will represent not only an important project for the nation...

Features

Big data’s power in construction machinery

While the construction machinery industry remains by and large a traditional industry – you can still find machines from the 1960s on...

Features

Clash of the 5t loaders

The application requirements of a wheel loader customer can be split between production – such as a quarry, where machines are expected...

Construction

Cat takes out the trash with new material handler

Caterpillar has launched a new wheeled material-handler, the MH3027, which has a 28,500kg operating weight and compact swing-radius of 213mm.The machine is...

Construction

Caterpillar to open $7m regional training centre in Dubai

Construction-equipment giant Caterpillar has announced that it will build a $7 million regional training centre for the Africa and Middle East (AME), based...

Construction

Caterpillar launches data division to help reduce machine downtime

Caterpillar has launched a new division, Analytics & Innovation (AI), which will work on using machine data to improve productivity by optimising performance...