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Bucyrus-Erie was an American surface and underground mining equipment company. It was founded as Bucyrus Foundry and Manufacturing Company in Bucyrus, Ohio, in 1880. Bucyrus moved its headquarters to South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1893. In 1927, Bucyrus merged with the Erie Steam Shovel Company to form Bucyrus-Erie.
The Wisconsin Resources Protection Council filed a civil lawsuit against the Flambeau Mining Company in U.S. District Court alleging ongoing violations of the Federal Clean Water Act. The charge was that the discharge of copper, zinc, iron and other pollutants to Stream C was done without a permit and in violation of the Act.
The company challenged the fine, lowering the amount to $102,373. [9] Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney held a rally at the mine on August 14, 2012, as part of his campaign. The mine was shut down for the day, causing workers to lose pay. [10] [11] The company and the Romney campaign blamed each other for the closure. [10]
With a legacy of more than 100 years, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is the go-to watchdog for evaluating businesses and charities. The nonprofit organization maintains a massive database of ...
Here are the eight Wisconsin companies that made the Fortune 500: Northwestern Mutual : Ranked 110th, rose one spot, based in Milwaukee, $38.79 billion in revenue and $711.4 million in profits.
The votes came about three weeks after an undisclosed number of companies applied to frack under state lands. The bids to frack under Salt Fork State Park, the state's largest, were approved, 4-1.
The firm's earliest predecessor was the Cleveland Iron Mining Company, founded in 1847 and chartered as a company by Michigan in 1850. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Samuel Mather and six Ohio-based associates had learned of rich iron-ore deposits recently discovered in the highlands of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan .
Gogebic Taconite is an iron-ore mining company in development stage, based in Florida, [1] with a presence in Hurley, Wisconsin. [2] [3] The company, owned by the larger mining organizations, Cline Resource and Development Group, is at the center of a dispute among politicians, community groups, environmental organizations, Native American tribal councils and various stakeholders because of a ...