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Makinex creates battery energy storage unit
Lithium ion battery unit offers 6kW output
Caterpillar invests in metals recycling startup company
US$44 million raised to scale up ‘world’s only’ modular refining system for metals
Machine control made for rental fleets
Topcon’s portable MC-Mobile machine control solution is made for use on compact equipment, bringing the benefits of digital construction to smaller contractors and rental fleets
Electric Dreams: When is the best time to switch to an electric machine?
Mark Ashdown explains why he chose to become an early adopter of electric construction machinery.
VIDEO: Autonomous excavator builds six-metre-high stone wall
Researchers have developed an autonomous spider excavator capable of building stone walls by itself.
Bomag president gives update on energy transition progress
Compaction specialist chief outlines the dangers of making power choices too soon
Yanmar’s ‘next generation’ electric machine prototype
The prototype can automate fine manual tasks, helping with construction’s labour shortages
Caterpillar C13D engine to feature in hydrogen project
The project will demo how hybridisation can support H2 power delivery
Komatsu heralds battery supplier acquisition
Mining equipment to be first application for new batteries
Volvo CE launches electric equipment in new market
ECR25 Electric compact excavator and L25 Electric compact wheeled loader available for sale 
LeeBoy working with Portable Electric to electrify paving industry
Two companies demonstrated the Voltstack 30k, a mobile site equipment charger
Speedy finalises hydrogen genset JV
Speedy and AFC Energy create JV company
How robots powered by artificial intelligence are helping one recycler boost productivity
Kuljetusrinki upgrades construction waste plant fully automated robotic sorting arms 
First electric wheel loader from Liebherr
Battery-electric machine now available in Europe
Hilti and Trackunit expand partnership
500,000 Hilti tools already viewable on Trackunit platform
Trimble completes first test of a fully autonomous soil compactor on live jobsite
Trimble says that the fully autonomous machine completed 37 hours of real compaction work
Can a ‘flying light tower’ revolutionize job site illumination?
U.S.-based startup is beta testing a drone-based tethered light that fits into a person-portable wheeled case and puts 8,000 sq ft of OSHA-quality light on the ground
How construction equipment dealerships are evolving with a changing construction industry
The days when a construction machinery dealership would simply sell a piece of equipment and then perhaps sell parts or offer a repair service are disappearing.
Partnership to scale autonomous mining in Chile
The partnership will initially be focused on deploying Pronto’s OEM-agnostic Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) on Bell articulated dump trucks
US mining company to convert to Cat MineStar Command
Agreement includes 33 Cat 793 trucks being converted to autonomous haulage
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