Tintina Applies For Black Butte Mine Operating Permit
Tintina resources today filed an application for an operating permit for its proposed Black Butte copper mine near White Sulphur Springs that the company has been preparing for years.Tintina started...
View ArticleMontana Officials Oppose Mining Limits Aimed At Protecting Sage Grouse
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana's governor and attorney general objected Wednesday to a federal proposal to withdraw almost a million acres of public land in the state from future mining to protect...
View ArticleSuperfund Session In Butte Draws Hundreds
This week hundreds of people in Butte got a long-awaited chance to talk Superfund issues with the EPA and state and local leaders. The event was co-sponsored by the Montana Standard newspaper. Susan...
View ArticleEnvironmental Groups Sue Over Sage Grouse Recovery
Environmental groups are suing to force the Obama administration to impose more restrictions on oil and gas drilling, grazing and other activities blamed for the decline of greater sage grouse across...
View ArticleYellowstone-Area Business Owners Oppose Mining Near The Park
A group of businesses north of Yellowstone National Park has formed a new coalition to fight two proposed gold exploration projects in the area.
View ArticleEnvironmentalists Sue Over Montanore Mine Near Libby
Environmentalists are suing the U.S. Forest Service over the agency’s approval of the Montanore Mine near Libby. The lawsuit filed Friday says the government’s authorization for the mine in the Cabinet...
View ArticleFeds Dismiss Tongue River Railroad Permit
The federal government has dismissed the permit for the controversial Tongue River Railroad. That’s the $400-million-dollar project that would have hauled coal from a proposed southeastern Montana mine...
View ArticleAtonement And Revenge In The Bighorn Mountains
In Canyons, Ward Fall is a Wyoming rancher, a man with three young sons and a supportive wife, Lorraine. Eric Lindsay is a reclusive musician and songwriter in Los Angeles. In college, their friendship...
View ArticleEPA, Montana Reach Tentative Deal On Butte Cleanup Work
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — Montana and federal officials have reached a tentative agreement on the removal of more contaminated mine waste around Butte.
View ArticleExtremophiles: The Berkeley Pit's Silver Lining?
This story almost begins on a dark and stormy night in November of 1995, when 342 snow geese landed on Berkeley Pit Lake. Unfortunately, this was no ordinary lake and the story did not end well for...
View ArticleCoal Royalties Listening Tour Stops In Billings Tuesday
The federal government’s controversial coal program is the subject of a public listening session in Billings Tuesday. It’s the first of four planned throughout the heart of American coal country. The...
View ArticleU.S. Attorney Files Suit Against 'White Hope' Mine Owners
The Federal government is suing the owners of a mine near Lincoln, where members of the "Oath Keepers" group have gathered. U.S. Attorney Michael Cotter filed the civil suit in federal court in Helena...
View ArticleVoices For, Against Coal Royalty Reform Heard In Billings
An overflow crowd packed the Montana/Dakota’s BLM state office in Billings to speak on the federal coal program Tuesday. The agency is seeking comment on possible changes to make sure it’s obtaining...
View Article'Oath Keepers' Declare Mission Accomplished At Lincoln Mine Operation
Fifteen miles outside the town of Lincoln, members of several "constitutionalist" groups including the "Oath Keepers" say they’ve helped prevent a confrontation between several miners and the U.S....
View ArticleGolden Sunlight Mine Near Whitehall Lays Off 140
Golden Sunlight Mine general manager, Daniel Banghart, says there's no good news to be had from his company’s announcement this week that 140 employees will be out of a job by the end of November.
View ArticleThousands Of Abandoned Mines In Montana Pose Surface Water Risks
An Interior Department probe blames sloppy work by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a 3 million gallon wastewater spill from a Colorado gold mine. Roughly a third of Montana's estimated...
View ArticleStillwater Mining Reports Quarterly Loss Of $11.9 Million
Stillwater Mining Co. officials say they lost $11.9 million during the three-month period that ended September 30. Company officials said in a statement today that platinum and palladium production was...
View ArticleAustralian Company Buys Controlling Interest In Black Butte Mine Project
An environmental group is raising the alarm because a central Montana mining project is now in the hands of offshore owners — owners who, they say, won’t care about protecting Montana’s environment as...
View ArticleOpponents Of Coal Railroad Call On Feds To Deny Permit
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A group of conservationists and ranchers are asking federal transportation officials to deny a permit for a $400 million railroad that would serve a proposed coal mine near the...
View ArticleTintina Applies For Black Butte Mine Operating Permit
Tintina resources today filed an application for an operating permit for its proposed Black Butte copper mine near White Sulphur Springs that the company has been preparing for years. Tintina started...
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