I believe Doe Run was the last PRIMARY lead smelter, not the last lead smelter.
It converted raw ore into metals, not recycling and recovering lead from scrap.
I think we still have other companies that do that here.
For now.
11 posted on 12/01/2013 10:19:16 PM PST by null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)