The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is to use new materials and techniques in National Highway projects in the country on experimental basis to promote innovation and use of new technology in highway construction. The promoter of these new materials shall be required to bear the extra cost involved in the proposal.
Category: Technology
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Minister highlights potential of technology in upstream sector
Union Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily said technology and capital intensive interventions have the potential to give new lease of life to the matured fields and improving recovery factor. He said this while making the inaugural address at the third IEF NOC-IOC Forum. Even from producing fields, India's recovery factor is in the range of 25-33 percent whereas fields in North Sea or in Gulf of Mexico of same vintage have recovery fact
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Siemens to set up conveyor systems
Siemens will set up conveyor systems to carry iron ore from the stockyard belonging to Rio Tinto in Australia to the loaders at a port in the northwest region of the country. Siemens roped in an engineering firm Sinclair Knight Merz to provide conveyor systems for the project. Siemens would commission three conveyors in August and another five in 2014 while delivery is underway for t
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A pioneer in desalination
A technical seminar on "Technological Advancements in Large size Thermal & RO Desalination plants" was organised by IDE Technologies India. The purpose of seminar was to inform the latest innovations and technological advancements in Desalination
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Cold milling machines
The Wirtgen group presented no less than 11 models from its cold milling machine division at Bauma Munich. The 'i' machines also made their debut at bauma. The 'i' stands for intelligent emission control, an eco-friendly drive technology with which the company has converted its complete machine fleet to the new engine technology.
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Kerala monorail project
The first phase of the monorail project in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, received the administrative approval from the state cabinet recently.
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ATC to acquire Tower Vision
In the telecom towers business, American Tower Corporation (ATC) is close to acquiring Tower Vision, a standalone telecom tower company owned by a group of international financial investors, for Rs 3,200 crore, a transaction that will enable the US company to significantly scale up its presence in India.
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Illegal mobile towers
The New West office of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has sealed five cellphone towers in different areas of the zone.
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Airtel keen on service in Myanmar
A Bharti Airtel-led consortium has given its final bid for a telecom licence in Myanmar, as the company looks to expand operations.
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IOC develops new technology to produce bio-diesel
According to an official statement of Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the firm developed and commercialised a technology to produce bio-diesel from non-edible oil extracted from plants like Jatropha. The company expects to convert the non-edible oil into bio-diesel at its existing Diesel Hydrotreating (DHDT) units in a petroleum refinery