Led by strong push to road and infrastructure development by the Centre, the domestic mining and construction equipment industry (MCE) is on the path to gradual recovery after a period of sustained contraction for about four years. Caterpillar India?s Country Head and Managing Director Vivekanand Vanmeeganathan said that there has been an upward momentum in both mining and construction sectors in the last few quarters in India.
"Both the sectors have been showing about 20-30 per cent growth in the previous couple of quarters. The industry is optimistic about growth accelerating from here onwards," he said. While the first four months of this calendar year have seen a strong double-digit growth, the MCE industry is learnt to have grown by 2-3 per cent at about 48,000 units during 2015. "We estimate the industry to grow at a healthy clip over the next 24 months to hit volumes of 74,000 units in the calendar year 2018," said Subrata Ray, Group Vice-President, Icra.