Great Lakes Investment Company.(Briefly)
GREAT LAKES INVESTMENT Company is to construct a US$156mn inland
dry port at the border town of Malaba in Tororo district in eastern
Uganda. The Managing Director, Brown Ondego, while inspecting . . .
Sonangol.(Briefly)
ANGOLA'S STATE-OWNED oil company, SONANGOL, has had a success
with an appraisal well in its Gimboa development area, in Block 4/05.
The well, drilled in the west of the block at a waterdepth of . . .
Uganda and Malaysia have agreed to enter a joint venture in the
production and refining of oil.(Briefly)(Brief article)
UGANDA AND MALAYSIA have agreed to enter a joint venture in the
production and refining of oil. According to a statement from State
House, the agreement was reached 6 August at a meeting between . . .
Dunlop Nigeria.(Briefly)
THE LAST TYRE manufacturing company in Nigeria, Dunlop Nigeria, has
reported turnover of N3.5bn in H1 2007, representing an 18 per cent
improvement over the corresponding period in 2006, according . . .
Nigeria Has Become the second-largest Guinness drinking country
in the world after the UK, according to a report in the UK
press
NIGERIA HAS BECOME the second-largest Guinness drinking country in
the world after the UK, according to a report in the UK press. Results
for 2006/07 revealed that Guinness sales in Nigeria rose 18 . . .
The Government of Rivers State.(Briefly)(Brief article)
THE GOVERNMENT OF Rivers State has invited pre-qualification bids
for the design of one of Nigeria's most significant new roads, a
multi-lane ring road around the capital. "The RSG plans . . .
Angola Telecom.(Briefly)
ANGOLA TELECOM HAS selected Ericsson to supply a fibre-optic
submarine network to link six coastal provinces in Angola. Ericsson is
the sole supplier involved in the network and will provide the . . .
Editor's note.(Editorial)(Brief article)
IT IS GRATIFYING to note that nearly half of Africa's
machinery imports in 2000-2005 consisted of construction, mining, power
generation and ICT equipment, according to UNCTAD figures-see story . . .
Pressure builds up on mineral resources: heavy demand for
Africa's many minerals is stretching the utility companies to the
limi
AS THE SECOND quarter of 2008 approaches themes are emerging: some
commodity prices are high, gold over US$900/oz and platinum around
$2100/oz and the already tight iron ore market may become . . .
Loading machines- more power, less metal: better use of available
power allows smaller machines to do tough mine loading jobs. K
A MAJOR TREND in the development of equipment for mining and
earthmoving is expansion of model ranges to provide for quite specific
applications. Nowhere is this truer than in the field of . . .
Bell introduces next series of innovative ADT upgrades.(Power
Supply)
SOUTH AFRICAN HEAVY equipment manufacturer, Bell Equipment is
introducing significant upgrades to its Articulated Dump Trucks (ADTs),
which include new ribless bins across the range as well as . . .
Mantrac used CAT equipment ... dependability you can rely
on.(Company Focus)
MANTRAC GROUP--THE sole authorized dealer for Caterpillar in Egypt,
Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Iraq and West
Siberia (Russia)--has been providing its customers with . . .
Used equipment goes on show at Resale 2008: from 23-25 April in
Karlsruhe, Germany, over 10,000 visitors more than 500 exhibitor
THE POSITIVE INTERNATIONAL business climate is fuelling heavy
global and African demand for used machinery, and RESALE is profiting
from these developments. Potential visitors from over 100 . . .
New asphalt handbook released: the US'S Asphalt Institute is
the world's number--one source of paving information. A new edition
THE ASPHALT INSTITUTE'S comprehensive (700 pages-plus) manual
on all aspects of the use of asphalt in construction is usually known as
'MS-4'. For 70 years it has served the . . .
Caterpillar and Claycrete team up.(Construction News)
CATERPILLAR AND CLAYCRETE have entered a marketing agreement to
provide a roadway and pad construction solution to operators of mines
and oil and gas sites as well as to owners and builders of . . .
Road upgrading programme underway in Uganda.(Construction
News)
UGANDA's ministry of Works and Transport through its Road
Agency Formation Unit (RAFU) is undertaking a comprehensive road
upgrading programme. This includes the upgrading of murram roads . . .
Record sales results for JCB.(Construction)(Financial
report)
JCB enjoyed its best-ever year in 2007 as sales and global market
share rose to all-time highs.
In 2007 JCB's turnover increased to a record of US$4.5bn
([pounds sterling]2.25bn, compared to . . .
African imports of US construction machinery leap by 67 per
cent.(Construction)
THE MARKET FOR exports of US-made construction machinery closed out
2007 with a gain of more than 26 per cent compared to the previous year,
for a total of US$17.2bn worth of equipment sold . . .
Big Five see plant sales soar upward: four out of five of
Europe's top exporting nations in terms of contractors' plant
are seei
AS THE CONSTRUCTION machinery industry prepares for the busy spring
trade fair season in Verona, Las Vegas and Zaragoza the signs are that
developing countries will be where the market news is at . . .
New Wiehahn company logo and identity introduced.(Water
Supply)(PERI Wiehahn)
AS IT APPROACHES its 40th anniversary, PERI Wiehahn, a market
leader in the supply of both conventional and technologically-advanced
formwork solutions, has introduced a new Wiehahn company logo . . .
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