July 21, 2025 07:38 PM GMT China Industrials | Asia Pacific Yarlung Zangbo Hydropower - Positive for Construction Machinery Key Takeaways According to a 19 July 2025 China Daily report, construction of Yarlung Zangbo dam was announced to have begun on July 19 with an estimated cost of at least Rmb1.2tn and annual capacity of 60-70GW, about three times of the Three Gorges dam at 22.5GW. We estimate total construction machinery demand for Yarlung Zangbo dam at c.Rmb120-180bn, with construction machinery accou ...