Stillwater mine

The U.S. government plans to restrict Russian imports of palladium after complaints of unfair pricing from the United States’ only producer of platinum and palladium, based in Montana.

Planned layoffs come and go as workers look ahead at what could be next.

A couple of weeks remain before the 700-some layoffs Sibanye Stillwater announced in September begin to take effect.

Communities across south central Montana are bracing themselves for the impact of mass layoffs at the Sibanye-Stillwater mining operations that are set to take effect mid-November.

The company Thursday announced roughly 700 people, about 40 percent of staff, will be losing their jobs.