Bobcat has launched a new range of hydraulic hoistand extension jib attachments for the company’s telehandler range. There are two types of attachment available – hydraulic hoistsrated to 3.5 or 4.0 tonne and 600 and 1,000 kg hydraulic hoists,each combined with a 4 m jib, all meeting the latest ISO 430 1 – 1  classification T4, L2, M4.

The Ugandan government has announced that a mission team from UNESCO, International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) and International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) will assess progress made, to prepare for the reconstruction of the Kasubi Tombs World Heritage Site.

Atlas Copco has opened a fully owned customer center in Mali to support the growing mining business in West Africa and to demonstrate the Group’s commitment to customers in the area.

Peter Sebulinde, a carpenter in Mukono town about 20 km along the busy Kampala-Jinja highway has been dealing in furniture for over ten years, but admits that the current scarcity of timber is nearly driving him out of business.

The rebuilding of the South Africa's five major public hospitals will improve the delivery of healthcare, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said recently.