Deer who live at the Berkeley Pit might be beneficiaries of Superfund remediation. Rick Douglass, retired Montana Tech biology professor and animal ecologist, said the deer likely eat the Eurasian ...

The Department of Defense has encouraged the Montana Mining Association and West Virginia University to pursue funding that could help the Berkeley Pit become a source of rare earth elements.

“If approved, the Butte project — centered on the notorious Berkeley Pit — would advance Trump’s push to boost domestic output of all 17 rare earth elements, each found in the pit.

The Berkeley Pit, however, has a much richer concentration of rare earths in solution and a higher volume of water and is expected to produce 40 tons a year. Dr. Ziemkiewicz believes this process ...

One alternative is the Berkeley Pit, and although not all mine waste will be able to go in this infamous landmark due to its chemistry, the preliminary screening report determined it is the ...

The VRAD sent loud booms, with percussive sounds echoing and bouncing off the Berkeley Pit’s walls after each launch of oxygen and gas Wednesday morning. When shot, the vortex ring of air ...

It will ensure that the remedy will be implemented." The plant is being built about 600 feet east of the Berkeley Pit. Swank Enterprises of Kalispell is the general contractor.