The City of Ottawa will be constructing 24 new rail stations and 44 kilometres of track in the next six years. When the $4.66-billion project is complete, 77 per cent of all Ottawa residents will live within five kilometres of a train station READ HERE

A 400t Grove GMK6400, supplied by WA Universal Rigging & Cranes, has performed a series of lifts on the new Ritz-Carlton taking shape in Perth, Australia. The hotel is set to become the centrepiece of the city’s waterside precinct. But space is at a premium on the Elizabeth Quay site,... read more →

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has announced it will pursue delivery contracts in a range of new sectors, including mining, agriculture, forestry and construction. In an April 2 news release, the company said as it moves toward commercial operation, it would look for opportunities in eight industries: health care, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas,... read more →

The World of Asphalt Show attracts more than 450 manufacturers and service providers in the aggregate, asphalt, pavement maintenance and traffic safety industry sectors. The show is co-located with the AGG1 Aggregates Academy and Expo, which is the aggregate industry’s leading exposition and educational resource for the World of Asphalt... read more →

Daimler Trucks said it will acquire a majority stake in Torc Robotics in an effort to “commercialize highly automated trucks.” Torc provides software that enables vehicles to be self-driving. It currently works with Caterpillar in mining applications. Torc will remain a separate entity, located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and will retain... read more →

The Thunder Bay-headquartered mid-tier gold producer is pocketing US$2.1 million from four transactions involving eight properties that were either sold or optioned. The properties include the Geisler Property, located in the Red Lake district, the Faymar Property in Timmins, and the Santa Teresa Property, located in Baja, Mexico READ HERE

A new 44-megawatt solar facility has begun producing power at the site of the former Nanticoke Generating Station on the shores of Lake Erie. With a peak capacity of about 4,000 MW, the massive coal plant once pumped out a prodigious amount of energy — with the associated emissions to match.... read more →

Steel producer Nucor Corp. recently announced it will build a $1.35-billion manufacturing mill in a rural Kentucky county, creating several hundred jobs while expanding its presence in the bluegrass state READ HERE

Major upgrades are coming to a picturesque section of the Trans-Canada Highway in eastern British Columbia. The federal and provincial governments announced $121.4 million in funding late last week to pay for a four-laning project outside Golden, B.C. The infrastructure dollars will cover upgrades to a 4.4-kilometre segment of highway... read more →

Genie booms and telehandlers are now available from the factory “rental-ready,” for industries and applications requiring positive air shutdown, including uses on oil and gas, mining, and indoor factory job sites. To prevent diesel engine runaway in sensitive work environments, the product meets the jobsite requirements and global environmental standards READ... read more →