Bucyrus International, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend

SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 23, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors
of Bucyrus International, Inc. (Nasdaq:BUCY) has declared a quarterly dividend
of $0.025 per share on Bucyrus' common stock. The dividend is payable November
20, 2008 to Bucyrus stockholders of record on November 6, 2008. Bucyrus' common
stock is quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "BUCY."

About Bucyrus International, Inc.

Bucyrus is a world leader in the design and manufacture of high productivity
mining equipment for the surface and underground mining industries. Bucyrus'
surface mining equipment is used for mining coal, copper, iron ore, oil sands
and other minerals. Bucyrus' underground mining equipment is used primarily for
mining coal and also used in mining minerals such as potash and trona. In
addition to machine manufacturing, Bucyrus manufactures high quality OE parts
and provides world-class support services for their machines. Bucyrus' corporate
headquarters is located in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

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information is available at www.bucyrus.com.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. These forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of
predictive, future tense or forward-looking terminology, such as "believes,"
"anticipates," "expects," "estimates," "intends," "may," "will" or similar
terms. You are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance and involve significant risks and
uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those
contained in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, some
of which are unknown. Bucyrus' policy on forward-looking statements, including a
list of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
anticipated in forward-looking statements, as well as risk factors relating to
Bucyrus are included in Bucyrus' 2007 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 29, 2008 and any other cautionary statements
described in other reports filed by Bucyrus with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. All forward-looking statements attributable to Bucyrus are expressly
qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. Bucyrus
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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CONTACT: Bucyrus International, Inc.
Kent B. Henschen - Director, Corporate Communications
414.768.4626
khenschen@bucyrus.com
www.bucyrus.com