For more than 30 years, BKT has successfully focused on specialty segments such as agriculture, construction, mining, industrial, earthmoving, port, ATV, and lawn and garden. At ConExpo-Con/Agg, the company showed: BKT EARTHMAX All-Steel radial tires, designed to withstand the harshest conditions. With a full product line for all equipment types, BKT EARTHMAX tires have the tread pattern and compound to…
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NTEA Releases Spring 2023 U.S. Commercial Vehicle Market Report
NTEA – The Association for the Work Truck Industry released the second edition of the U.S. Commercial Vehicle Market Report – Powered by Commercial Truck Trader, NTEA and S&P Global Mobility. This semi-annual industry report delves into the details, data and trends around the commercial vehicle life cycle – from chassis sales to truck registration to later stages when used…
Read MoreCommand Alkon Offers Industry Tech Advantage
Command Alkon, a global supplier of integrated solutions for construction materials producers, has customers in more than 70 countries worldwide. Command Alkon offers industry-specific hardware and software systems for producers, suppliers and haulers of ready-mixed concrete, concrete products, aggregate, asphalt and cement. The Command Alkon’s family of products addresses batching, dispatching, dispatch optimization, fleet and workforce management, quality control, bulk…
Read MoreHCSS Partners with OnStation to Improve Location-Based Documentation
HCSS, a provider of software that helps heavy civil businesses streamline their operations, announced an integration with OnStation. This leading digital stationing platform provides location-based documentation for roadway builders. With OnStation integrated with HCSS HeavyJob, clients receive location-based field documentation (notes, pictures, videos) from along a roadway for design and construction purposes. Project-specific documentation dramatically improves the accuracy of bills,…
Read MoreCummins Announces New Dewatering Pumps
Cummins Inc. announced the availability of two new dewatering pump solutions for use in construction, oil and gas, agricultural, mining, water and wastewater environments. The QSF4X4 and QSF6X6 offer customers a fully finished pump for use in their operations powered by Cummins’ QSF2.8 engine. “The new pumps are a culmination of many hours of customer research. Product reliability and uptime…
Read MoreAtlas Copco Launches Fully Electric Self-Priming Dewatering Pump Range
Atlas Copco developed a new versatile range of electric self-priming dewatering pumps. The flexible solution is ideally suited for many applications like dewatering in mining and urban construction projects with access to a power source. E-Pumps successfully manage demanding flows and large solids with a reduced CO2 footprint and lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). The E-Pump range, which comprises…
Read MoreHere Comes the Cement Pig
April 14, 2023 – Dragon Products, a dealer for Utah trailer specialist Ranco by Western, arrived at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2023 in Las Vegas with a customized SP 55-4100 Guppy Bottom Dump, splashed with some unusual horizontal cement storage nomenclature. The 23,500-lb. trailer is equipped with a 20-in. aluminum cast pressure cover, six hopper bottoms, plus one 5-in. discharge and two 4-in. blow…
Read MoreRAM Inc. to Hold Surface Blasting Course
R. A. McClure Inc. (RAM) will hold its premier Surface Blasting Course at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, S.D., Sept. 26-28, 2023. The intense, three-day curriculum focuses heavily on the latest state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies available to the mining industry for blast optimization.
Read MoreHyundai Introduces HL985A Wheel Loader
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas introduced its largest-capacity wheel loader model, the HL985A, among the new machines displayed at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2023.
Read MoreMSHA Secretary Appeals to Mining Community
On April 14, Christopher J. Williamson, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, penned this letter to the mining community: Dear Members of the Mining Community:Forty-five years ago, Congress declared that the first priority and concern of everyone in the mining industry must be the safety and health of the nation’s miners. In the spirit of working together toward…
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