Dashiell Hammett, a former Pinkerton strikebreaker-turned-writer, modeled the fictional town of Poisonville on Butte, calling it an “ugly city of forty thousand people set in an ugly notch between two ...

The Custer Gallatin National Forest on Friday authorized a controversial land swap involving more than 15 square miles of land in two different south-central Montana mountain ranges.

When Nye Trading Post owners Heath and Wendy Benson heard the news that Sibanye-Stillwater was laying off close to 700 employees at their Montana mine operations (and largely the Nye mine), they were ...

After Sibanye-Stillwater laid off 40% of its Montana workforce and scaled-down its mining operations in Stillwater and Sweet Grass counties at the end of 2024, the company is entering the new ...

New Delhi: Coal production from captive and commercial mines in India rose by 34.20% to 131.05 million tonnes (MT) between April 1 and December 31, 2024, compared to 97.665 MT during the same period ...

Thank you for supporting Montana Free Press and being a part of our community ... Incorporated to extract approximately 14 million tons of copper from a mine in Meagher County. The court also ...

A central Montana copper mine has cleared its second and final ... in pursuit of a 14 million-ton copper deposit in Meagher County. Trout Unlimited and its Montana chapter challenged the DNRC ...

HELENA — The Montana Supreme Court has upheld ... the first phase of construction at the 450-acre mine site, located in Meagher County about 17 miles north of White Sulphur Springs.

The 2023 Legislature enacted the Montana Community Reinvestment Plan ... had voted against the funds and two others — Richland and Daniels — took no action, effectively opting out. Richland County ...

New businesses in 2024 included Ontario's Grocery Outlet, Culver's, A Touch of Home, Peony & Burch Boutique, Mansfield's LinkedKutz, Music Academy of Karate & Empowerment, and a new space for Downtown ...

According to data from Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, gallium is a byproduct of aluminum (Al) and zinc (Zn) mining, with zinc ores being the main source. Recycling also plays an important role.