BUTTE - A class action lawsuit involving Montana Resource’s water contamination incident in August is expected to go into ...

Copper prices soar above $6 per pound, creating record profits for Butte's mining operations as electric vehicle demand and ...

Payday came this week for Tim Shields, Dan Mueller, Tyke Galle and Jesse Cleverly. Perched on the dirt plateau at Montana Resources, the men took a break from repairing machinery to look over their ...

Montana’s highest court upheld the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation permit for the Black Butte Copper Mine. Now the project can proceed as planned. Montana Trout Unlimited, one of the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. BUTTE — A class-action lawsuit was filed Monday in Butte-Silver Bow District Court against ...

Kim Murphy Kohn, Assistant Director of the World Museum of Mining, will share a presentation of historic photographs entitled “Men in the Mines: Mine Crews in Butte, Montana, 1882-1960” at noon First ...

BUTTE (AP) Montana Resources is asking its former president to evaluate the economic feasibility of reopening its copper mine after a nearly three-year shutdown. "Current market prices for metals and ...

It would dwarf the Berkeley Pit: A hole blasted and dug into the Alaskan landscape about a half-mile deep and 2.5 miles across. What could go wrong in the pursuit of what's touted as the largest known ...

Preface: The Meaning and Making of Childhood in Butte, Montana -- Children of The Hill : Situating Children in Butte's History -- Mining Childhood -- Saving Children -- Child's Play -- School Days -- ...