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Thread: ALERT - Last lead smelter in US to shut down

  1. 10-25-2013, 02:05 AM #21
    MaryB
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    Look for the cost of storage batteries to double...
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  2. 10-26-2013, 06:32 PM #22
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    Much ado about nothing. Lead for ammunition almost all comes from recycled batteries. Shutting down a 120 year old, uneconomical plant is not going to cause the cost of lead to go up. The larger Teck Cominco Smelter in Trail, BC, is so close to Washington you could probably stand on the US side and hit the smokestack with a good rifle. And if it makes sense to have domestic primary lead smelting in the US, someone will build a new one, designed from the ground up to not poison the landscape around it. In fact, it would probably be a good thing if the EPA could somehow force the same decision on the smelter at Trail. I've been there, the place is a disaster.
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  3. 10-26-2013, 11:29 PM #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by MaryB View Post
    Look for the cost of storage batteries to double...
    They already have & check out the country of origin next time you're in the store.
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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check