Lead smelting - WikiMili, The Free Encyclopedia
Lead smelting Last updated November 14, 2019 The now closed Doe Run primary lead smelting facility in Herculaneum, Missouri. Plants for the production of lead are generally referred to as lead smelters.Primary lead production begins with sintering.Concentrated lead ore is fed into a sintering machine with iron, silica, limestone fluxes, coke, soda ash, pyrite, zinc, caustics or pollution ...