The study, "Airborne lead exposures during artisanal lead mining and gold ore processing in Zamfara, Nigeria," is the first study to report on airborne lead levels from self-employed artisanal ...

ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has found what it calls significant soil lead contamination along several southeast Missouri roads traveled by trucks hauling lead ore ...

It accounts for nearly 98 percent of Myanmar's lead ore and concentrate exports, according to 2023 World Bank data.

Global mining giant Rio Tinto (RIO) on Wednesday announced a new operating model and executive team to lead its next phase of ...

Lead and zinc ore production has been halted for more than a week at mines in China's Gansu province that account for 20 percent of China's lead and zinc ore output, the official China Securities ...

Informal lead mining is a growing activity in many countries around the world in countries including Nigeria, Zambia and Myanmar.  These small lead mining operations, mostly supplying ore to ...