BUTTE, Mont. — Discussions over the possibility of mining vital minerals and rare-earth elements from Butte’s Berkeley Pit took a step forward on Wednesday. The state’s Environmental Quality Council ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The U.S. Department of Defense remains interested in the potential to mine strategically vital ...
The U.S. is sitting on a rare earths goldmine — not buried underground, but suspended in toxic wastewater. A long-polluted site in Butte, Montana, could soon become a strategic national asset as the ...
The Horseshoe Bend Water Treatment Plant treats Berkeley Pit water with lime and a polymer. Local groups hoping to extract rare-earth elements from the Pit think the plant could be used to extract the ...
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