Ľubietová and its surroundings have been inhabited since the earliest times, as evidenced by archaeological finds from prehistoric times. The settlers who permanently settled in Ľubietová were Slavs. The Slavs were primarily engaged in agriculture and crafts, but they probably also learned about the mining and processing of ores from the remnants of the remaining nations. The Slavs did not know deep mining and mined the ore in a surface way - they dug pits. There is no mention of Ľubietová in the documents until her promotion to the town. The year of the granting of town privileges is also the year of the first historical mention. Town privileges were granted to Ľubietová by king Louis the Great in 1379. In the following years, Ľubietová gained additional privileges and developed rapidly. In the past, gold, copper and iron ores were mined in surrounding of Ľubietová. The mining and processing of copper ores brought to the town greatest fame in the past. Until 1564, the ownership of the mines alternated between entrepreneurs from Ľubietvá and Banská Bystrica, after which the mining chamber took over the management of the mines. In 1610, Ľubietová took over the mines. A new significant stage of the copper mining in Ľubietová begins in 1642. Only the copper from Ľubietová, after being quantified, was of such quality that it was suitable for the production of brass, which was more profitable than the copper trade. Since 1700, copper ore has been mined only sporadically, and the last mention of copper ore mining is from 1872. After the decline of the copper mining, the town found a partial replacement in the mining and processing of iron ore. An important landmark in the development of ironworks in Ľubietová was the year 1692, when the first blast furnace in Hungary was built here. According to some archival sources, in Ľubietovská Maša were cast parts for the first steam engine built in 1722 in Nová Baňa, which was used for pumping water from the mines.
