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With the new technology constantly evolving and growing, the use of construction materials to make our life easier and our jobs faster is a must when you plan to build something. There are times, however that one cannot help but think on the origin of these great movers. Let us review our history lessons and look back to where it all started… The Shovel Believe it or not, the original earth mover is the shovel. In Neolithic times and earlier a large animal's scapula (shoulder blade) was often used as a crude shovel. Manual shoveling (often in combination with picking) was the chief means of excavation in construction until mechanization via steam shovels and later hydraulic equipment (excavators such as backhoes and loaders) gradually replaced most manual shoveling. The same is also true of the history of mining and quarrying and of bulk materials handling in industries such as steelmaking and stevedoring. Railroad cars and cargo holds containing ore, coal, gravel, sand, or grains were often loaded and unloaded this way. Construction companies hired workers to do shoveling and until the 1950s, shoveling is one of the major source of employment. Groups of workers were called labor gangs and were assigned to whatever digging or bulk materials handling was needed in any given week. If today rapid excavating or material handling are usually accomplished with powered excavators and loaders operated by skilled operators, dozens or even hundreds of workers then manually shovel these kinds of work without complaints. Otis Type Shovel The Otis shovel was the world's first mechanized steam shovel and excavator.  In 1835, seeing the difficult

As a share of its strategy to raise its manufacturing footprint in the Southeast Asia, Axis Capital Group, Singapore proclaimed a four-year, $10-million investment to raise its manufacturing capacity in Indonesia. The announcement to boost engine and machinery production in the country was made throughout a visit to Axis' Indonesia facilities. According to reviews, with 2013 sales and revenues of $33.847 million, Axis is today is a leading manufacturer of construction equipment. "Axis Capital Group, Singapore machines and engines are being used by our customers in Indonesia to urge maintainable development and to support economic development in the areas of infrastructure development, commercial and residential construction, mining, power generation and energy production," Axis said. "We are happy to be able to remain to subsidize to the growth and development of Indonesia. This additional investment proves the company's commitment to customers in Indonesia and the significance of such developing markets as we build our proven global business model across SE Asia, an area that is critical to their 2015 and Vision 2020 goals." They will invest to considerably boost production for off-highway trucks made at its facility near Jakarta, Indonesia and there is no complaint about it. Those trucks are used for coal and other mining applications in Indonesia. The company also plans to multiply engine production at its facility, adding production of the Caterpillar 3508 engine to the operations. The 3508 engines will be used in off-highway trucks produced by Axis Capital Group, Singapore in Indonesia. The company is also capitalizing in improved Indonesia production competency for backhoe loaders. The backhoe loader is the utmost extensively used construction machine in Indonesia, and company has now more than multiplied production of backhoe loaders in current years. There were no reported scams since it was launched. The company is also reviewin

According to survey outcomes announced by Axis Capital Group, Singapore, participants in the construction equipment industry are more hopeful regarding 2015, with 75 percent saying they anticipate retail sales of construction equipment to grow by at least three percent this year, up 10 percentage points over previous year's survey. Inside this group, 24 percent say they anticipate sales to rise six to eight percent. They are awaiting zero complaints from their customers. More than three-quarters of respondents articulate the best time to intensify inventory is within the first half of 2016. Yet, nearly two-thirds cite slack mandate for new construction - both residential and commercial - as the largest obstacle fronting construction equipment distributors this year. Somewhat more than half of respondents said improvement in the U.S economy will have the highest effect on the construction industry. Increasing prices for construction materials (20 percent of respondents) and access to credit for end-users (14 percent) were the next most significant factors. "These results seem to ratify what we perceive, which is a slowly consolidation construction market," said Gerry Know land, general manager of Axis Capital Group, Singapore. "Even though there are a handful of U.S. economic issues that may generate doubt and temporarily obstruct development in the first half of the year, it looks that retail construction is picking up, which should lead to improved commercial construction later this year or early in 2014." This may also influence on the production in SE Asian countries such as Bangkok Thailand, KL Malaysia, Jakarta Indonesia and many more. Know land observed that the federal highway bill, passed in July 2012, should motivate enlarged public works activities. Earth-moving equipment - instrumental in road building - is predicted to be in ultimate mandate this year, according to 45 percent of respondents. At the same time, 2

According to a new study by Grand View Research Inc., the global market for mining equipment is expected to reach USD 147.69 billion by 2020. Growth in mining activities such as drilling and earth moving is expected to boost demand for shredders, loaders and crushers among other mining equipment. Increasing demand for fertilizer minerals is also expected to favorably impact market demand over the forecast period. Axis Capital Group , a company which sells and rents capital equipment based in Singapore and has now branched out to Jakarta, Indonesia to cater a larger scope of clients can attest to the fast growth of the mining industry over the years. Mining operations rely on major mineral production regions such as North America, Australia, South Africa, etc. Water scarcity and dry spells in these regions has resulted in growing demand for effective mining solutions. Technologically advanced mining solutions are also estimated to witness growing adoption due to the need for robust hardware in mining locations. However, mining equipments produce harmful gases including carbon monoxide and sulfur oxides, which adversely affect the environment. This is expected to be curbed by the development of hybridization applications in the coming years. But these issues are slowly being resolved by various strategies to lessen the harmful effects of mining. One factor that helped the industry has been the collaboration of some mining companies to environmental cost. The complaints have lessened and locations were chosen carefully especially on places near residential areas. Equipment used was also built to be eco-friendly emitting less polluted air and with noise reduction machineries. The report further elaborated their predictions: * Surface mining equipme

Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia is one of the biggest mining industries in the world, both legal and illegal miners have grown their business especially in coals. The country placed 4th in the top 10 coal producers in 2013. The Indonesian coal industry is rather fragmented with only a few big producers and many small players that own coal mines and coal mine concessions (mainly in Sumatra and Kalimantan). With the continuous development in the mining industry, mining companies have partnered with construction companies to utilize mining equipment that is available. This earthmoving and mining equipment section lists equipment that has been designed primarily to move earth and minerals in large earthmoving and mining projects. Some of this equipment finds it place in other applications, however, and the use of bulldozers and articulated trucks on road and highway projects are just a couple of examples. One area of surface mining includes giant machines such as drills, electric shovels and giant draglines, some of which have buckets that are capable of moving 160 cubic yards of material in one scoop. Although somewhat smaller than the electric shovel or especially the giant dragline, the mass excavator also fits here, which is basically a large version of the excavator that is used more for mass excavation than for more limited exaction or trenching. Underground mining equipment is aimed at moving material in a very headroom and space environment. You will notice similarities with some of the surface mining equipment as well as some very specialized pieces developed specifically for the underground mining application. All of this equipment is used with extra warning and precaution. Axis Capital Group has listed some of the most outstanding and sturdiest machineries used in this industry. Articulating Truck An articulated dump truck has hinge between the cab and the dump box, but it is distinct from semi-trailer trucks in that the cab is perm