Well This Is Encouraging...

From JSOnline....

Bucyrus earnings up 59%
Bucyrus International (BUCY), said first-quarter earnings soared 59% as sales of new machines nearly doubled.The South Milwaukee mining equipment company said net income rose to $14.5 million, or 46 cents a share, from $9.1 million, or 29 cents, a year ago. Sales were up 57% to $165.6 million. The company had $53.5 million in new-machine sales, up 93% from a year earlier.

I hope that means just what it looks like.

More mining. Use of coal. More diverse sources of energy (and, I hope, less use of natural gas by power companies).