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The world's largest equipment auctioneer also conducted its first auction of the year two days later LAS VEGAS, NV, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest auctioneer of heavy equipment and trucks, conducted two unreserved auctions in Las Vegas, NV last week. The first auction, a charity event at World of Concrete on Wednesday, January 25(th), generated US$558,000 for Concrete Industry Management's post secondary education...
On the last day of World of Concrete, the world's largest industrial auctioneer will sell more than 1,100 heavy equipment items and trucks LAS VEGAS, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest industrial auctioneer, will conduct its first public unreserved equipment auction of 2012 at its Las Vegas, NV auction site on Friday, January 27. It will also be the first auction held in the newly constructed Ritchie Bros. Las Vegas...
VANCOUVER, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (NYSE & TSX: RBA) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.1125 per common share payable on March 9, 2012 to shareholders of record on February 17, 2012. This dividend will be considered an eligible dividend for Canadian income tax purposes. About Ritchie Bros. Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA) is the world's...
ORLANDO, FL, Jan. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Earlier today, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest on-site and online auctioneer of heavy equipment and trucks, had an accident occur at its Orlando auction site. The Company can confirm that employees were setting up light towers and there was an accident involving a forklift. Unfortunately a fatality did occur to a part-time employee during this accident. The incident has been reported to the relevant...
Record $3.7 billion of equipment sold in 2011, including $1.1 billion sold to online bidders VANCOUVER, Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Vancouver-based Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest on-site and online auctioneer of heavy equipment and trucks, sold approximately $3.7 billion of equipment at 339 unreserved auctions around the world in 2011. This represents a 12% increase in gross auction proceeds over 2010 and the highest gross auction proceeds...
Company reaches milestone at Edmonton auction: US$1 billion in annual online equipment sales EDMONTON, Dec. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest auctioneer of heavy equipment and trucks, attracted more than 5,000 bidders from 35 countries to a two-day CA$66 million (US$65 million) unreserved public auction at its site in Edmonton, Alberta on December 7 & 8, 2011. More than 1,800 of the bidders (36%) participated online in...
Company's largest Moerdijk auction of 2011 sets new site record for online sales MOERDIJK, The Netherlands, Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE & TSX: RBA), the world's largest industrial auctioneer, sold more than EUR33 million (US$44 million) of equipment and trucks at a two-day unreserved public auction held at its permanent auction site in Moerdijk, The Netherlands on November 24 & 25, 2011. Ritchie Bros. (www.rbauction.com) registered more...
BREDA, The Netherlands, November 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- World's Largest Industrial Auctioneer Will Sell More Than 7000 Items in the Last six Weeks of 2011 Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest industrial auctioneer, will conduct six unreserved equipment auctions in Europe and the Middle East in the last weeks of 2011. More than 7000 items will be sold at these auctions, with more equipment and trucks being added in the coming weeks. Every...
VANCOUVER, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (NYSE: RBA) and (TSX: RBA), the world's largest auctioneer of industrial equipment, announces net earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 of $49.9 million, or $0.47 per diluted share, and adjusted net earnings of $46.9 million, or $0.44 per diluted share. This compares to net earnings of $52.1 million and adjusted net earnings of $51.4 million, or $0.48 per diluted share for the nine...
More than 4,700 equipment items from 720+ consignors sold in two-day unreserved public auction EDMONTON, Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest industrial auctioneer, attracted more than 5,200 on-site and online bidders from 37 countries to a two-day CA$60 million (US$60 million) unreserved public auction in Edmonton, Alberta on October 26 - 27, 2011. More than 2,100 people (42%) bid online in real time at...
