Xstrata Cuts Lead Emissions As Australia Suit Looms
Xstrata Cuts Lead Emissions As Australia Suit Looms AUSTRALIA: April 16, 2008 SYDNEY - Xstrata Plc said on Tuesday it was working to improve lead emission controls at its Mount Isa mining and smelting complex in Australia, where health officials are investigating high lead levels in children. Queensland Health Minister Stephen Robertson told the state parliament on Tuesday that 45 children in the Mount Isa region showed elevated lead levels that could impair their behavioural and intellectual development.