Montana

Mining companies back friend’s bid for senate

The violation notices keep coming in: broken safety equipment, underground roof collapses, dangerous levels of carbon monoxide — each a hint of the federal enforcement blitz set off more than a year ago by a series of deadly mining accidents …

Tintina eyes copper mine in western Montana

The vice president of Canadian-based Tintina Resources, Inc. says the company is considering an underground mine to get at deep deposits of copper, silver and cobalt in western Montana.

Revett Minerals to be Added to S&P/TSX Small Cap Index

Revett Minerals (TSX:RVM) (NYSE Amex:RVM) is pleased to announce that it will be added to the S&P/TSX Small Cap Index, effective after the close of trading on Friday, September 16, 2011. John Shanahan, President and CEO stated "In addition to being included in the Russell 3000 Index in June of this year, we feel that our inclusion in the S&P/TSX Index will continue to increase our exposure to new investors and broaden our shareholder base."

Climate change and disaster in Montana

"We're a disaster area," Alexis Bonogofsky told me, "and it's going to take a long time to get over it." Bonogofsky and her partner, Mike Scott, are all over the news this week, telling the world about how Montana's Exxon Mobil pipeline spill has fouled

Stillwater Mining reports record quarterly earnings for the first quarter

[Highlights from] Stillwater Mining Company:

• Net income of $36.2 million or $0.34 per diluted share — nearly triple first quarter 2010 earnings
• Mined PGM production increased to 131,200 ounces
• Continued strong prices for palladium and platinum

Stillwater Mining Company today reported record net income for the 2011 first quarter of $36.2 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, on revenues of $170.1 million. This compares to first quarter of 2010 net income of $13.4 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, on revenues of $133.5 million.