There used to be hundreds of smelters in the U.S. that recycled the lead in old car batteries. One of the few remaining is Quemetco, located in a suburb east of Los Angeles. It’s not only still ...

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has completed an initial screening of suspected lead smelter sites located in Detroit. The screening study was commissioned to determine if there are ...

FENGXIAN, China (Reuters) - Chinese provinces have begun shutting lead smelters for environmental checks, after hundreds of children tested for high levels of lead in two separate cases this month. At ...

Secondary Lead Production Update] A secondary lead smelter in south-west China said that its dismantling line has been maintaining normal operation r ...

The Gopher Resource lead smelting facility in Tampa, Florida. Federal regulators on Sept. 30, 2021 gave Gopher Resource a “willful violation” for exposing workers to inhalation hazards. The ...

Secondary Lead Production Update] A secondary lead smelter in East China plans to increase production to clear its raw material inventory before halt ...

Protesters on Monday 17 August broke into a smelting works responsible for poisoning hundreds of children. Trucks were smashed and fences ripped down according to state news agency Xinhua, and around ...