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Montana legislators are urging Congress to help fund a program to extract rare earth minerals from the contaminated waters of Butte’s Berkeley Pit. The Environmental Quality Council is penning a letter asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to hold off on approving a clean-up plan for a superfund site in Columbia Falls.
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Montana environmental officials may cut ties with a bankrupt mine operator near Helena and seek out a new company to operate the site.
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The EPA said it has reviewed allegations that agency officials in Butte improperly colluded with mining companies in attempts to discredit scientists studying health problems in the community.
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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…