General Motors Co. has agreed under political pressure to hold talks with a Montana mining company recently dropped as a supplier, but the automaker made no promises that a new deal could be forged. GM canceled its precious metals contract with Columbus-based Stillwater Mining Co ...

Stillwater Mining Co. is asking a federal bankruptcy judge to reverse a move by General Motors to cancel its precious metals contracts with the Montana company. GM is attempting to shed the Stillwater contract as a part of a government-backed restructuring plan meant to revive the ailing carmaker. Stillwater's ...

An official at Stillwater Mining Co., which sells platinum and palladium for use in automobiles' catalytic converters, says the company is monitoring the General Motors bankruptcy to see if Stillwater-GM contracts will be honored. Stillwater Mining spokesman John Beaudry says all the palladium and 70 percent of ...