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. MISSOULA — It would dwarf the Berkeley Pit: A hole blasted and dug into the Alaskan landscape ...

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 ...

BUTTE — Dropping copper prices temporarily shuttered a mine in Troy this week, but don’t expect to see anything similar from Montana Resources in Butte. “We don’t have any plans to change our ...

The total reclamation bond required for the Jefferson County site is $40.9 million, but Montana Tunnels has paid only $23.7 ...