Stillwater Mine Closing 2024. Stillwater county — following thursday's announcement from sibanye stillwater that the mine would be laying off nearly 700 employees, miners and their families. Plans further restructuring at its mines in montana that could cut output of palladium and platinum by as much as 45% in a bid to return.

Will be forced to halt operations at its montana palladium mine if prices don’t recover soon, according to chief executive office neal froneman. Closure of the stillwater mine would have considerable impacts felt locally in stillwater and sweet grass county, with wider regional and statewide impacts.