After Sibanye-Stillwater laid off 40% of its Montana workforce and scaled-down its mining operations in Stillwater and Sweet Grass counties at the end of 2024, the company is entering the new year ...

BILLINGS - A Montana precious metals mine received 27 citations in recent safety inspections triggered by the death of a worker. The Mine Safety and Health Administration says 11 of the citations ...

Louviere said there was no end-date on the federal closure order. The last fatality at the Stillwater mine was in April 2005 when a 52-year-old electrician was crushed between a set of air-lock doors.

Sibanye-Stillwater Mine Operations ceased at 5 a.m. Monday morning at the Sibanye-Stillwater Mine and have not started back up again, said Vice President Heather McDowell.

Where Grizzly Creek historically flowed, mining operations at the Pretty Girl Placer Mine disrupted the environment.

A lively evening of piano music, community and heritage come together this week for the Music for the Mines fundraiser to ...

Researchers discovered a way to extract rare earth materials from the Berkeley Pit, a toxic abandoned mine in Butte, Montana.

Other, lesser-known towns were often just as raucous as Tombstone and Deadwood. Jerome, Arizona, for example, was once called "the wickedest town in the West" because of its proliferation of bars, ...