mining

As Evelyn Pyburn reports in the Big Sky Business Journal Hot Sheet, there's apparently a big opportunity for a rare earth mine in Western Montana being talked about right now.

Montana has every right to be proud of the sapphires that can be found here. Why are these sapphires so special and are they actually rare? Yes, and we learned all the 'dirt' about these incredibly popular gemstones.

Nope, it's not Butte. But we discovered a pile of historical facts that all originated in this other important Montana town. When the town in question was to be platted, it's founder wanted to call it "Copperopolis".

Cool rocks and gemstones have been my jam since I was a little kid. Every family road trip would have me scouring the roadsides for "Rock Shop" signs or anything of the like.

We've all heard the stores about the Gold Rush and how hundreds of thousands moved west to try and prosper. What was Montana's role? Maybe bigger than you think.

The history of Montana is a rich one. Both figuratively and literally. With some colorful characters helping shape the history of the state, one of the most influential was Marcus Daly.

The coal industry was already hurting before the coronavirus, and the pandemic has made things much worse.

What separates the huddled masses yearning to breathe free from the movers and shakers of the world is a vision of how they could improve things.

The Montana Supreme Court has removed a big obstacle for a mining company seeking to explore a silver and copper deposit potentially worth billions.

Fox Business took a look at the fastest growing jobs state by state. What made the list for Montana? Montana: Environmental engineers - 119 percent The financial institution looked at changes in occupations listed with the Bureau of Labor Statistics over the last 5 years and compared employment data in each state from 2014 with employment data from 2018...