Join us today for Day 2 of our largest Unreserved Public Auction Ever! Today's featured items include Brooms, Motor Graders, Crawler Tractors, Humvees, Crawler Loaders, Articulated Trucks, Off-Road Trucks, Blast Hole Drills, Parts and Attachments. We are also very excited to be donating a portion of the sale of a Humvee to benefit the Fisher House Foundation, a charity that supports a network of comfort homes where military and veterans' families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment. Join us today in Orlando at 5000 Oren Brown Road, Kissimmee or online here. #IPOrlandoandBeyond2016.

Join us starting TODAY, February 8th for our Largest Unreserved Public Auction Ever!  Your chance to bid on over 2,300 items throughout the week. Today be sure to check out skid steers (57), compact track loaders (104), backhoes (116), plus telehandlers, forklifts, forestry, agricultural and aerial equipment and much more! Join the auction LIVE in Orlando at 5000 Oren Brown Road, Kissimmee, or online here!  Check back each day for featured daily items! #IPOrlandoandBeyond2016.

Coming up Thursday, February 4,  IronPlanet's weekly featured auction has nearly 900 pieces of equipment for sale.  Look for Freightliner Cascadia Day Cabs, dump trucks, crawler tractors, excavators, loaders and more! All equipment comes with IronPlanet's IronClad Assurance®  equipment condition certification, which gives buyers the confidence to buy online knowing they have an accurate representation of equipment condition.

We compiled some of the top stories for you! Check out this week's compelling industry headlines: 

Komatsu to Purchase Equity of Service Company for Mining Equipment in Mexico (World Coal)
"Through a Komatsu Group company, Komatsu Ltd has entered the definitive agreement, based on the basic agreement with Mitsui & Co., Ltd (announced on 27 April 2015), for Komatsu to purchase 60% of equity of Road Machinery Co., S.A. de C.V, Mitsui's subsidiary in Mexico, which services Komatsu mining equipment. On a premise of approval of concerned authorities, Komatsu is working to complete the purchase for approximately February 2016.” Read more

As we wrap up the year, aggregate equipment managers and owners are evaluating options when it comes to selling equipment. Sue McGregor, Managing Director IronPlanet Canada gives 7 tips for assesing your equipment so you can utilize the right option to maximize your return.

The demand for mobile cranes is high, and it's expected to grow for the next four years, at least. According to a recent article on Construction Equipment.com, "Demand for Mobile Cranes to Escalate into 2019," a Sandler Research report predicts the mobile crane market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.92 percent from 2015-2019. 

IronPlanet's surplus heavy equipment marketplace is poised to meet the increased demand for mobile cranes.

This week in interesting industry headlines: 

Wisconsin's Century-Old Model of Forestry Comes Under Pressure [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
"For more than a century, family-supporting jobs have grown on trees in Wisconsin.

Not a smattering of jobs, but the most private-sector jobs the state has ever known: jobs in logging, lumber, furniture making, pulping, papermaking and the printing presses for the nation's books, magazines and catalogs. If employment linked to forest products represented a single sector, Wisconsin would have the largest in the nation.” Read more

This week in interesting industry headlines: 

There’s a Coal Miner Who Wants to Buy Your Gently Used Bulldozer [Bloomberg]
"Some of America’s coal producers are doing what anyone else might do when faced with tough times and the need to shop: They’re hitting the thrift stores.” Read more

This week in interesting industry headlines: 

DuPont Weighing Agriculture Deals, Interim Chief Says [Wall Street Journal] 
"DuPont Co.’s interim chief executive said he is considering potential deals in the agriculture industry and scrutinizing the chemical company’s research spending in an effort to boost profits." Read more

This week in interesting industry headlines: 

New Food and Agriculture Fund S2G Ventures Launches With $125 Million [Wall Street Journal]
"Investors are placing increasing bets on two traditional industries confronted by changing consumer tastes: food and beverage businesses and agriculture." Read more

House approves bill to speed up mineral mining [The Hill]
"House lawmakers approved a bill Thursday to speed up the permitting process for mining resources deemed "strategic or critical." Read more

Robot builder designed for construction sites [Reuters]
"Zurich-based architects and roboticists have created the In-situ Fabricator, an autonomous construction robot capable of laying bricks into pre-programmed structures. Designers at the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication laboratory believe a future generation of the robot could be used widely on building sites." Read more