Caterpillarwas badly hurt by the housing crisis and subsequent recession, which undercut demand for its construction and earth-moving equipment.
Caterpillar ( CAT - news - people )was badly hurt by the housing crisis and subsequent recession, which undercut demand for its construction and earth-moving equipment.
It shouldn't come as a surprise as the SNP have repeatedly promised the earth when it comes to construction only to under deliver.
The two superpowers are competing over a valuable new resource -- the rare earth elements used in the construction of nearly all smartphones, tablets and other electronic gadgets.
With China only having 75% of their roads paved, there will be years of more construction work and earth moving going on, according to the U.S. China Business Council in Washington.
In all, 1.1m tonnes of earth and rock were excavated in the construction of the 2010 course, flattening out the harsh gradients of the back nine, and using the aggregate to raise the opening holes above the level of the Usk's flood plain.
As the clean-up and recovery consumes what stock is in place for earth movers, road graders and other heavy equipment for construction and infrastructure is put to work, the long lead-time required to build and deliver these machines may be a boon for companies like Caterpillar and its partners.
But more than just a scientific curiosity, the asteroid resources deposited on the Moon over the past 4 billion years represent an opportunity to harvest those resources in the construction of lunar bases for the benefit and protection of Earth.
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From his helicopter, Obama saw what looked like a massive construction site, with cranes and dozens of vehicles dotting a wide swath of brown earth.
Located in one of the driest regions on earth at an altitude at which the atmosphere is 50 percent thinner than at sea level, ALMA is the highest construction project in the world and arguably the most challenging.
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