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25.06.2021 (418 Clicks)

Resources’ Businesses in firing Line of big Insurers and Lenders

A growing number of small to medium-sized businesses that service the resources sector are having significant problems securing finance and insurance because of recent climate change-related policy changes by banks and insurers, the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) said today.

25.06.2021 (406 Clicks)

Transport Secretary gives the Go-ahead for Start of permanent Works on HS2’s west London ‘super-hub’ Station

In partnership with HS2 Ltd, Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra will commence permanent works on the west London ‘superhub’ station - Old Oak Common. The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP visited the ten-hectare site to meet the team working there and give the thumbs up for work to begin on the biggest newly-built railway station in the UK.

24.06.2021 (446 Clicks)

Hybrit: SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall first in the World with hydrogen-reduced Sponge Iron

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall have now produced the world’s first hydrogen-reduced sponge iron at a pilot scale. The technological breakthrough in the Hybrit initiative captures around 90% of emissions in conjunction with steelmaking and is a decisive step on the road to fossil-free steel.

24.06.2021 (395 Clicks)

Normet introducing new EFNARC Operator Training Course

Normet is known as a supplier of wide product and solution range for underground mining and tunnelling industry. Perhaps the most well-known are the Normet concrete sprayers. Normet has been offering technical and operator training since the production of sprayers started in the 1970’s.

24.06.2021 (456 Clicks)

BHP establishes new Cloud Agreements

BHP has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft as long-term cloud providers to help improve safety, productivity, and reliability across its global operated assets.

22.06.2021 (473 Clicks)

All-new AutotriaxQube revolutionizes triaxial Testing

Wykeham Farrance, a division of Controls, is excited to announce the launch of the AutotriaxQube, which is set to revolutionize triaxial testing for laboratories around the world. The all-in-one automatic triaxial testing system has been meticulously designed to make triaxial testing easier than ever before.

22.06.2021 (483 Clicks)

Strabag Upgrading last single-track Section of Railway along the TEN-T Network in Hungary

• 30 km section to be modernised and extended with addition of second track
• 3 stations along the line will also be upgraded
• Contract value: € 364 million (Strabag share: 66 %)

The publicly listed Strabag SE Group has been awarded the contract to upgrade a 30 km section of railway in south-eastern Hungary via its Hungarian railway construction subsidiary Strabag Rail Kft. The contract, which is worth a total of € 364 million, will be executed in a consortium with a Hungarian partner (Strabag share: 66 %).

With the official signing last week started the financing phase. It will be followed by a 33 month long construction phase.

“The dual-track upgrade of this section of railway from Békéscsaba station to the national border will help to modernise an important link along the Trans-European Network. This improves the connection between internal markets and the Black Sea ports,” says Thomas Birtel, CEO of Strabag SE.

Everything from a single source: railway construction, building construction, road construction

Strabag is contributing the entire range of the group' services to this infrastructure project. In addition to the track construction work, the contract also includes the overhead lines, the safety and signalling systems, the modification of three stations, including park and ride facilities, as well as road construction and civil engineering works. The stations Kétegyháza and Lökösháza will also be adapted to be barrier-free.

Source: Strabag SE

                     

20.06.2021 (416 Clicks)

Ontario Companies power forward on Hydrogen

Partnership to pursue potential pilot projects

18.06.2021 (455 Clicks)

Normet launches new Technologies for Concrete Spraying

Normet brought their sprayed concrete layer thickness control system, the SmartScan, to the market in 2019. The SmartScan is aimed at all underground sprayed concrete applications to deliver accurate and reliable sprayed concrete layer thickness information for the sprayer operator, and fast and easy reporting for management purposes.

17.06.2021 (1430 Clicks)

Webuild and Lane Construction in $16 billion mega High-Speed Rail Contract with Texas Central

Dallas-Houston line a key milestone for sustainable mobility in United States