Boom has brought the first LR1750 Crawler Crane into Australia.
Manitowoc Cranes has introduced the MLC100 100 tonne capacity crawler crane to the Chinese market.
Despite the world's largest mining companies seeing their combined net profits plunge US$9 billion in 2008, the mining boom is not over, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Flexicon has launched a new Hygienic Bag Dump Weigh Batch Station with integral mechanical conveyor collects dust created during manual dumping of bulk materials from bags, boxes, drums and other containers, and discharges bulk material by weight.
The Takeuchi TB175W has the mobility to travel 20 kilometres per hour over a one hundred acre site in far less time than a crawler machine.
CATERPILLAR has launched its new Center-Lock Pin-Grabber coupler for Cat hydraulic excavator models 311 through 385.
Manitowoc has released three new GT series truck cranes, ranging in capacities from 10 t to 25 t.
Australian market research analyst IBISWorld has named lead and zinc ore mining among its 10 riskiest industries in 2009.
Queensland mines have cut more than 400 jobs in less than 48 hours but the worst is yet to come, industry analysts have said.
Prime Minster Kevin Rudd has warned that the Australian economy will no longer be able to rely on being boosted by the mining industry, smh.com reports.