Latest news from mining equipment manufacturer, Bucyrus International, Inc. http://www.bucyrus.com en-us ©2010 Bucyrus International, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.bucyrus.com/rssfeed/bucyrus.xml http://www.bucyrus.com/rssfeed/images/BI_Logo.gif 102 62 Latest news from mining equipment manufacturer, Bucyrus International, Inc. On August 25, 2010 a Bucyrus longwall achieved a daily output record of 16,894 clean metric tonnes (18,622 tons) at the Polish Bogdanka mine. This is a new production world record for plow longwalls in mines using arches to support their entries. http://www.bucyrus.com/newsarticle.aspx?20100902_6490 http://www.bucyrus.com/newsarticle.aspx?20100902_6490 The world’s largest mining company is betting billions on the growing demand for agricultural commodities and BHP isn’t the company’s only potential suitor. http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/26/bhp-billiton-rio-tinto-potash-markets-commodities-hopu-investment.html?boxes=Homepagechannels http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/26/bhp-billiton-rio-tinto-potash-markets-commodities-hopu-investment.html?boxes=Homepagechannels Brazil’s fast-growing economy needs new feeding grounds and Miguel Vega, President of the Brazil-Peru Chamber of Commerce and Integration, estimates that more than $33 billion will be invested in the Peruvian petrochemical, gas and energy sectors over the next 10 years. http://www.automatedtrader.net/real-time-dow-jones/13209/booming-brazilian-companies-find-rich-feeding-grounds-in-peru http://www.automatedtrader.net/real-time-dow-jones/13209/booming-brazilian-companies-find-rich-feeding-grounds-in-peru China’s voracious demand for steel will keep growing for at least a decade, helping to sustain Australia’s mining boom, according to analysts. http://www.chinamining.org/News/2010-08-24/1282616241d38518.html http://www.chinamining.org/News/2010-08-24/1282616241d38518.html South Africa may be poised to join the BRIC group of nations--Brazil, Russia, India and China--after both the Russian and Indian heads of state expressed their support for the move. http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/south_africa_in_the_world/sa_to_join_top_four_developing_nations.html http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/south_africa_in_the_world/sa_to_join_top_four_developing_nations.html BHP Billiton’s US $43 billion bid for Potash Corp has driven a 1250 percent increase in the value of M&A activity in this month. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/city-beat/bhp-billiton-bid-for-potash-corp-lights-fire-under-merger-and-acquisition-value/story-fn4xq4cj-1225907834071 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/city-beat/bhp-billiton-bid-for-potash-corp-lights-fire-under-merger-and-acquisition-value/story-fn4xq4cj-1225907834071