Another blow for ammo prices

[killerkarl]

http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/doe-run-workers-to-be-cut-at-end-of-december/article_56182c9f-0413-59a5-865e-e864715f3c2d.html

 

[Gus McCrae]

That's pretty sad. I wonder how much of the market share they had? I wonder how ready is the competition to take up some slack.

 

[kcinnick]

Most lead sold for bullet making is "Virgin". They use reclaimed lead in other applications.

 

[rasputin]

The article I saw stated that the US was 3rd behind China and Australia in production. Peru will claim 3rd now.

 

[killerkarl]

Most lead sold for bullet making is "Virgin". They use reclaimed lead in other applications.

Wasn't this the last one that processed the 'virgin' lead in the United States?

 

[Hermit]

That's pretty sad. I wonder how much of the market share they had? I wonder how ready is the competition to take up some slack.

HERCULANEUM • About 145 employees of the Doe Run lead smelter have learned they will lose their jobs at the end of December because of the plant’s closure, the Doe Run Co. said Wednesday. An additional 73 contractor jobs also will be eliminated.

The job cuts were expected. The plant, which has operated for more than a century and is the lone remaining lead smelter in the United States, announced in 2010 that it will cease operations at the end of this year.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said the company “made a business decision” to shut down the smelter instead of installing pollution control technologies needed to reduce sulfur dioxide and lead emissions as required by the Clean Air Act.

Seems like it would undermine national security to close the only lead smelter in the country.
Nice work Mr. President.

 

[MALIBU12]

Seems like it would undermine national security to close the only lead smelter in the country.
Nice work Mr. President.

This!

 

[the dubshow]

EPA sucking aside, aren't most projectiles copper/steel now days?

 

[killerkarl]

EPA sucking aside, aren't most projectiles copper/steel now days?

Most still have a lead core.

 

[enutees]

Sad thing is it's probably cheaper to buy from China anyway even with shipping costs. All the tube steel I've bought lately is made in China.