Tag Archives: Joy Global

May 17, 2011 · 8:36 am

Stepped-Up Competition for Bucyrus, Sen. Larson on Concealed Carry, Sheraton Eyes Oak Creek and Other Local Headlines

Check out these headlines from around the South Shore:

Also, City Clerk Jim Shelenske has published his monthly eVents newsletter, with details on happenings around town in coming weeks. Check it and all things South Milwaukee out at his website: www.southmilwaukee.org.

And I wonder if this Bay View bike race is the International Cycling Classic’s replacement for the Bucyrus International Cycling Classic? I still feel bad we’re not bringing this event back to South Milwaukee this summer … maybe next year.

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March 27, 2011 · 4:01 pm

Caterpillar Strength, Child Care Fraud, Heroic Student and More

Check out the following headlines from around the South Shore:

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    January 14, 2011 · 11:30 pm

    Local Mining Jobs in Question … Again

    The U.S. Export-Import Bank is back in the news again, and that has not meant good news for South Milwaukee-based Bucyrus recently.

    At issue is the bank’s potential funding of a mining project in South Africa — and the potential impact that that decision could have on jobs at either Bucyrus or Milwaukee-based Joy Global (which would likely make the shovel needed for the project). Read more in this Journal Sentinel story. From it:

    If the plant gets financed, either Bucyrus or Joy Global would likely win a contract to build a coal mining dragline – a huge machine that Bucyrus says would take 30 months to manufacture at a cost of roughly $120 million.

    It is work that could be started this year, said Bucyrus CEO Tim Sullivan.

    “We know the mine would need a dragline,” he said. “If the Export-Import Bank processes this decision the way we hope they will, it means jobs in Milwaukee one way or the other.”

    Sound familiar?

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    October 30, 2009 · 4:02 pm

    Some Stories You May be Interested in …

    Headlines of interest from the past week  include this interesting and thought-provoking article from Milwaukee Magazine on Bucyrus International.

    King Coal: Most of the world’s strip-mining is done with Milwaukee-made machines. Few metro-area economies are more dependent on coal.

    Also, check out this story from The Daily Reporter on the location of stations for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee (KRM) commuter rail extension — a project that I strongly support as a way to grow our city and lift our downtown. I’ll explain my thoughts more in an upcoming posting.

    And  check out these two stories from the Journal Sentinel:

    And this one from The Business Journal about the South Milwaukee Blockbuster at Grant Park Plaza closing. That’s disappointing news.

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