Interesting industry headlines from this week: 

Construction in New York City Goes Through The Roof [Wall Street Journal]

"New York City is entering what could be the biggest building boom in a generation, census figures show, as work gets under way on hundreds of residential projects in neighborhoods across the city." Read more

NASA, USDA agreement could lead to major farming improvements [KTAR News]

"USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden said the deal could use NASA satellite images to help the farmers deal with a lack of water and other problems in their fields." Read more

Sue McGregor, Managing Director of Canada, IronPlanet discusses successful buying and selling transactions for the buyer, seller, and market-place.  Read more about what she has to say in Equipment Journal on Page A12 here.

PLEASANTON, Calif. –

Who:

IronPlanet^®, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, is conducting online auctions across its marketplaces this week. The auctions will feature a wide range of equipment, with more than 4,400 lots offered for sale, including military surplus, oilfield service equipment, trucks, tractor trailers and quality late model, low hour construction equipment.

When:

Wednesday, July 29 – Friday, July 31, 2015

Where:

Online auctions will be held at www.ironplanet.com, www.govplanet.com, www.kruseenergy.com and www.truckplanet.com, See below for details.

On Thursday and Friday, IronPlanet's weekly Featured Auction will showcase over 2,000 low-hour, late-model pieces of equipment. The selection this week includes a strong construction and truck showing, and features equipment from the U.S. (big batches from Texas, Ohio, Virginia and more), Canada, Mexico, and even a few pieces from the Dominican Republic and Colombia. Read our guaranteed inspection reports and place your PriorityBids now for a head start on what looks to be an exciting auction!

Want to make your next company party a hit, or looking to open the coolest mixed-use retail/bar/events building in town? This award-winning, 11,000 sq. ft. modular building, made from 24 40-foot-long shipping containers for PUMA City by Lot-EK in 2008, is absolutely up for the starring role-- and it's now available on IronPlanet for preview and preliminary bidding, for our July 23 sale! The starting bid: $60,000. 

Coming up on Thursday: IronPlanet's weekly featured auction, with over 700 items ready to preview and bid on today! You'll find a particularly broad selection of asphalt equipment, trailers, scissor lifts, compactors and tractors. Be sure to look at our guaranteed inspection reports for any equipment you're considering, and give Customer Care a call at 1-888-433-5426 at any time with questions about the process.

Some of the items featured: 

Construction Equipment Distribution magazine highlights GovPlanet and how it's helping the military get more from their surplus machinery.  Read more about it in the June issue of the publication here (Page 35).  

Sue McGregor, Managing Director of Canada, IronPlanet, and Paul Hendrix, IronPlanet Equipment Pricing Analyst  discuss purchasing surplus heavy equipment.  Six key dealbreakers when making a purchase are highlighted in the article.  To read more details on these warning signs, check out the article on page 20 of Supply Post here.

Sue McGregor, Managing Director of Canada, IronPlanet, discusses how equipment owners may hold onto equipment for too long.  She gives four reasons why now may be the time to sell.  For more information on making the most of your fleet, and to check out key tips, read the article on page A20 in Equipment Journal here.

Industry headlines this week focused on China's stock market distress, along with reports of construction contraction in the UK and environmental concerns over deep sea mining. 

On July 29, IronPlanet EU will hold its first US military surplus auction, featuring DLA items from a site in Germany. This is a great opportunity for buyers outside of North and South America to get government surplus equipment at a good price while saving on cross-ocean transportation fees. (Learn more about buying government surplus items) The auction also features excavators, telehandlers, trucks and more. All items are now available for preview and bidding!

Some of the items available: 

Interesting industry headlines from this week:

Oil rigs back in service in U.S., Canada as prices stabilize [CBC]

"The number of North American oil rigs in use is up for the first time since December, as oil's sustained period in the $58 to $60 range encouraged drillers to turn on the taps." Read more

U.S. Construction Spending Hits New Postrecession High [The Wall Street Journal]

"U.S. construction spending advanced 0.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.036 trillion in May, the highest level since October 2008, the Commerce Department said Wednesday." Read more