China: Anhui Conch Cement plans to buy and import a hydraulic drilling rig for a limestone quarry supporting a cement plant at Tongchuan in Shaanxi. Atlas Copco is one of the lead suppliers of the equipment, according to Inside International Industrials. Delivery is scheduled by February 2018. The estimated cost is around US$1.7m.
The overall mining project is expected to have a production capacity of 4500t/day with a total value of US$61m. Construction is planned to begin in the first half of 2018. It was approved by Shaanxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission in mid-2017.