Montana

Associated Press - Wed September 23, 2020

Construction Begins at Copper Mine Project in Montana

HELENA, Mont. (AP) A multi-year effort to open a Montana copper mine has begun with construction work at the Black Butte Copper Project. The state Department of Environmental Quality issued a mining permit last month for the first phase of the work, The Independent Record reported....

RDO Equipment Co. - Wed September 09, 2020

Missouri River Contractors, RDO Conquer Beartooth Highway

It's a bright summer day on one of America's sketchiest, yet breathtaking roadways. Snow flurries drift from above, then drift down the steep cliffs that hallmark this famous highway that goes along the Montana and Wyoming border, through Yellowstone National Park....

Associated Press - Wed July 15, 2020

Court Ruling Puts Keystone Pipeline Construction on Hold

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) The U.S. Supreme Court handed another setback to the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline from Canada on July 6 by keeping in place a lower court ruling that blocked a key environmental project permit....

APA - Wed July 01, 2020

MDT Wins Pavement Award

The Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) announced today that the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) has won a 2019 Perpetual Pavement Award (PPA) for a 15-mi. section of two-lane U.S. Highway 2 in Roosevelt County....

Associated Press - Tue June 02, 2020

Keystone XL Oil Sands Pipeline Work Starts

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Canadian company has built the first piece of the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline across the U.S. border and started work on labor camps in Montana and South Dakota....

Associated Press - Tue June 02, 2020

Oregon Man Gifts $2 Million for Museum Construction

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) In the midst of a lot of bad news, here's a nice change of pace. A former forester and forest conservation advocate from Oregon has bequeathed roughly $2 million to shine a light at the end of a long tunnel to an elusive National Conservation Legacy Center in Missoula....

RDO Equipment Co. - Tue January 21, 2020

RDO Integrated Controls and PRS Partner on Topcon Intelligent Paving Suite

RDO Integrated Controls (RDOIC) and Pavement Recycling Systems (PRS) are teaming up to bring Topcon's Intelligent Paving suite of products to customers in eight states across the companies' footprints....

Matthew Brown – ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed October 09, 2019

Gordon Butte Pumped Storage Hydro Project Lines Up Financial Partner

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) Construction on a $1 billion energy storage system in central Montana could start as soon as next year after its sponsors said they reached a financing agreement with a Danish firm that invests in renewable energy....

Montana Department of Transportation - Wed September 25, 2019

MDT Considers Plans for Highway 81

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is considering plans to replace bridges over the Judith River, Warm Springs Creek and Irrigation Canal on Montana Highway 81 near Denton. The purpose of the project is to replace the aging bridges located at Reference Posts 24.96, 32.42, and 34.05 with new structures designed to meet current standards and future anticipated needs of the traveling public....

Montana DEQ - Wed June 05, 2019

DEQ OKs Mine Expansion

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has partially approved the proposed expansion of the Rosebud Mine, while also partially disapproving acreage where mining could potentially damage groundwater....