Doe Run to build cleaner lead plant in Herculaneum

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 ~ Updated 1:39 PM

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The nation's largest lead producer plans to build a new plant in the eastern Missouri town of Herculaneum and promises it will be far more environmentally friendly than its existing smelter there that has been the subject of scorn by environmentalists and regulators for decades.

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