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Copper prices have reached an all time high. On Monday the London Market Exchange and Comex listed copper at $4.90 per pound.
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A copper mining company and Butte-Silver Bow county agreed this week to a plan to pump more cold, clean water into local creeks. While the company and…
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This week, for the first time ever, once toxic water from the Berkeley Pit, the abandoned open pit copper mine in Butte, is being treated and released…
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For the first time ever, once-toxic water from the Berkeley Pit, Butte’s abandoned open pit copper mine, is being pumped, treated and discharged into…
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Butte mining company Montana Resources now has the go-ahead from state officials to expand its waste storage facility northeast of town and the Berkeley…
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Copper mining company Montana Resources is now one step away from receiving approval from state regulators to expand its permanent mine tailings storage…
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37 years ago, Atlantic Richfield abandoned an open pit copper mine in Butte and allowed it to flood with toxic mine water. Now, the company estimates…
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The company that operates the active copper mine in Butte, Montana Resources, is seeking permission to expand its tailings dam, so it can keep mining. But…
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Atlantic Richfield is proposing to build a new water treatment plant to further lower the level of the toxic lake inside the Berkeley Pit, in case the…
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A proposal for a new limestone mine near Drummond is now open for public comment.A subsidiary of the Washington Companies is seeking a permit from the…