Construction machinery to witness boom

On the rise: A man walks past a construction site in Beijing. The country’s major excavator manufacturers reported a sharp increase in exports in the first four months. — AFP

BEIJING: China’s construction machinery sector is expected to see stable export growth this year on the back of soaring overseas infrastructure projects and strong global orders for electric-powered excavators, loaders and other mining equipment, domestic manufacturers say.

A roll-on-roll-off vessel loading 500 excavators and a self-discharging truck produced by Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co Ltd (XCMG) left for Nigeria from a wharf of the Lianyungang Port in East China’s Jiangsu province recently.