The president exempted a copper smelter in Arizona from air-quality rules. An E.P.A. official guided the company that sought ...

(Fixes typo in paragraph 7) By Lucy Hornby FENGXIAN, China, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Ask people about lead poisoning in the lush mountains of northwestern China's Shaanxi province, and nearly everyone can ...

(MIRROR INDY) — Nearly a half-century after the federal government banned the use of lead in many consumer products and after the closure of lead refining smelters in neighborhoods around the city, ...

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 ...

The owner of the nation's largest lead smelter has agreed to buy 160 nearby homes, the most dramatic step taken so far to protect the community's children from pollution. After six hours of ...

HERCULANEUM, Mo. (AP) – From the day its founder arrived here, this Mississippi River town has been tied inseparably to lead, the heavy, dull-gray metal that has been mined in southern Missouri for ...

(Recasts, adds quotes, background) By Phyllis Xu and Lucy Hornby JIYUAN COUNTY, CHINA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - China plans to move 15,000 residents in its's biggest lead smelting area away from the plants ...

HERCULANEUM, Mo. -- The Doe Run Co., which owes more than $787,000 in taxes and penalties on its massive lead smelter in Jefferson County, said it plans to pay off the debt by the end of April. Most ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australia said on Tuesday that it will provide A$135 million ($87.4 million) in financial support for two smelters owned by Trafigura unit Nyrstar, as part of its strategy to ...

A unit of commodities trading giant Trafigura will receive 135 million Australian dollars, equivalent to $87 million, in fiscal support from federal and state governments in Australia to help keep two ...