Mining-Equipment Supplier Bucyrus International Posts 6.2% Profit on Strong Sales

SUGAR LAND--February 24, 2009--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Strong sales of electric mining shovels have boosted Bucyrus International Incorporated's (NASDAQ:BUCY) (South Milwaukee, Wisconsin) fourth-quarter earnings 6.2% to $65.75 million, compared with $61.91 million in the same period the previous year. Sales totaled $721.85 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared with $547.95 million year over year.