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Here is the DesiMachines desk round-up for 21 Jul 2026 — the live tenders and developments that matter to anyone...

Monday closed with no big machine launch and no new central Cabinet clearance, but three state-level road and plant pipelines...

Odisha rural road projects just got a funding line that runs to 2029-30: Rs 32,067 crore, cleared by the state...

India’s construction equipment market is running two speeds at once this week: retail demand is soft, but the machines keep...

Three threads ran through India’s construction-equipment week: fresh highway money from Delhi, a demand forecast that points sharply upward, and...

India’s machine buyers just got a long-range demand signal worth reading. A new report from the Confederation of Indian Industry...

The Cabinet cleared two elevated highway corridors in Varanasi on 15 July, worth Rs 25,445.96 crore between them. For equipment...

The pattern is hard to miss this month. Inside two weeks, two equipment makers have put fresh money into building...

Last updated: July 2026. If you are pricing a new excavator or backhoe this quarter, the numbers around the machine...

LiuGong has more than doubled the size of its Indian factory, and for anyone shopping for a wheel loader or...

Two threads ran through India’s construction-equipment market this fortnight: a fat public-works pipeline, and a steady push to build more...

Key facts The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved two NHAI corridors worth Rs 14,114.81 crore on 1 July...

Key facts India CE sales fell ~2% to 1,36,995 units in FY26 (from 1,40,191 in FY25), per ICEMA (data released...

Key facts Komatsu India (KIPL) and SMFG India Credit (SMICC) launched a dedicated excavator finance scheme on 5 June 2026...

Key facts HD Construction Equipment launched a new 20-ton Develon-brand crawler excavator, unveiled to dealers at its Pune, India plant(announced 24 Jun...

Key Facts: Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) won a Rs 2,977 crore contract from NMDC to build buffer stockpiles and...

Key Facts GHV Infra Projects has won a roughly Rs 213 crore order for railway maintenance and freight infrastructure in...

Key Facts Patel Engineering, with a JV partner, received a Rs 126.37 crore Letter of Acceptance for the Tasgaon Lift...

Key Facts Union Minister Nitin Gadkari laid foundation stones for six national-highway projects worth Rs 3,214 crore at Shillong on...

Key Facts: Volvo Trucks India launched the Volvo FMX Edge, a purpose-built off-road mining dump truck, on 26 May 2026...

Afcons Infrastructure has received a letter of award from Vadhvan Port Project Limited for the construction of a 10.14-km breakwater...

The global mining equipment market is projected to reach US$194.2 billion by 2033, with growth led by electrification and automation,...

UCO Bank and Tata Hitachi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration between the lender and the construction...

Afcons Infrastructure received the letter of award on June 9, 2026 from Vadhvan Port Project Limited (VPPL) for a 10.14...

Resurgent Mining has launched operations at Gainwell’s Saoner mining project, a ten-year contract targeting 10.62 million tonnes of coal output,...

Caterpillar has introduced its next-generation 6040 hydraulic mining shovel, a 400-metric-tonne-class machine aimed at large mining and bulk-earthmoving fleets. The...

New Holland Construction has expanded its battery range with the 2.5-metric-tonne E25X, joining the 1.5-tonne E15X launched in 2023. The...