News

Rod Hale’s mission to promote prostate cancer awareness Long-time friend of CMEIG, Rod Hale continues to make a significant contribution to prostate cancer awareness across the construction equipment industry. After a 44-year career with the Tutt Bryant Group in PNG and Australia, Rod was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer [...]

Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) working group update – winter 2026 The CMEIG HSE Working Group continues to gain momentum, with the third meeting scheduled for late August 2026 and participation growing to over 10 members. In the last meeting members shared recent safety incidents and lessons learned, creating valuable [...]

Engineering & Standards update – winter 2026 CMEIGs Engineering Working Group (EWG) continues to strengthen its influence across key industry standards and regulatory initiatives. More than 15 members attended the most recent face to face meeting hosted by Liebherr in May, demonstrating strong industry engagement. The group remains actively involved [...]

Education & Training working group update – winter 2026 CMEIG continues to actively represent the construction and mining equipment sector across several important workforce and training initiatives. Key priorities include: ensuring mobile plant remains within the scope of the Certificate III in Automotive EV Technology review supporting future industry electrification [...]

Winter 2026 newsletter – CEO address Over recent months, the Australian economy has demonstrated resilience despite ongoing global uncertainty, and for the mining, quarrying, civil construction and earthmoving sectors, operating conditions have generally remained positive, underpinned by strong resource exports, a significant infrastructure investment pipeline and continued funding for energy [...]

2026 has certainly started at pace and we had hoped for economic stability to lift confidence. While several leading economists were forecasting 4 to 5% growth in equipment sales this year, the escalating conflict in the Middle East represents a significant external shock for the construction sector. The impacts are being felt primarily through fuel‑driven cost escalation, ongoing [...]

CMEIG’s Engineering Working Group (EWG) continues to progress a range of priority issues, with a strong focus on lifting with excavators. Through a formal submission to Safe Work Australia and ongoing engagement, CMEIG has sought a “seat at the table” to ensure the perspectives of earthmoving equipment manufacturers are represented. [...]

The Sydney AGM and Member Forum was held in March, and featured a strong program of informative presentations. Dima Ivanov, CEO of PowerStats Limited, shared an update on market statistics, including comparisons between the Australian and South‑East Asian markets. He also outlined plans to streamline the model registration process to remove uncertainty [...]

It’s hard to believe we’re already midway through December and preparing to wrap up 2025. Australia’s economy has continued to demonstrate resilience and the construction and mining equipment industry has reflected that strength. That said, momentum remains uneven across the country. Resource-rich states such as Queensland and Western Australia are [...]

CMEIG’s Engineering Working Group (EWG) has had another productive quarter, progressing a wide range of technical priorities impacting the construction and mining equipment industry. The group held its most recent quarterly meeting on 25 November 2025 via Teams, with discussions focusing on several key areas, including: Assessing the need for [...]

As we move into the final quarter of 2025, I’d like to reflect on the evolving landscape of Australia’s construction and mining equipment sectors. Australia’s economy has shown signs of resilience, with GDP rebounding 0.6% in the June quarter. Household spending rose 5.1% in the 12 months to July 2025, [...]