Doe Run

Bill Sent To Mo. Gov. Nixon Would Cap Lead Contamination Punitive Damages

Marshall Griffin — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:18:21 +0000

One of two bills that would limit punitive damages in lead contamination cases is on its way to Governor Jay Nixon (D).

Former Doe Run subsidiary criticized for smelter pollution in Peru

Véronique LaCapra — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:29:50 +0000

Updated 1:20 p.m. August 1 with reopening of smelter

The Doe Run Peru smelter in La Oroya, which had been clsoed due to financial and environmental compliance issues since 2009, resumed zinc processing operations over the weekend.

Peru's Minister of Energy and Mines, Jorge Merino Tafur, is reported to have said that lead smelting would also resume in the not too distant future. Restarting copper production would likely take longer, since that would require building a plant to control sulfuric acid emissions.

Doe Run Peru is owned by the Renco Group, which also owns the St. Louis-based Doe Run Resources Corporation. The metal smelting companies in Missouri and Peru have operated independently since 2007.

Doe Run: no new plant to replace Herculaneum lead smelter

Véronique LaCapra — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:00:56 +0000

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Doe Run announced today that it will not build a new lead processing plant in Herculaneum.

In 2010, the largest lead producer in North America announced it would close its existing lead smelter in Herculaneum by the end of 2013.

The company had proposed to build a new facility there that would use new technology to reduce emissions of air pollutants including lead and sulfur dioxide.

But now Doe Run says that won’t happen.

Mo. Atty. Gen. Koster reaches settlement with Doe Run for lead cleanup

Véronique LaCapra — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:39:33 +0000

Attorney General Chris Koster has filed a consent decree to address environmental violations at Doe Run’s Sweetwater Mine and Mill in Reynolds County.

Here's a map detailing the approximate location of the mine near Ellington, Mo.:

Production to halt for weeks at fire-damaged Doe Run smelter

The Associated Press and Kelsey Proud — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:05:38 +0000

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The Doe Run Co. says production of primary lead at its smelter in the eastern Missouri town of Herculaneum will be suspended for four to six weeks following a fire.

The fire on March 20 occurred at the smelter's electric substation. Doe Run Primary Smelting Division general manager Gary Hughes says damage to the substation is significant.