Herculaneum News

After Thursday's data from China showed a slump in copper imports, the latest string of data on industrial output, investment, and copper production suggested that the world's second-largest economy was surprisingly vulnerable to a global slowdown and a credit crunch at home.

Doe Run Co restored its primary lead smelter in Herculaneum, Missouri, this week to its full production capacity of 130,000 short tons a year and is on track to meet its production target for May, a company executive said on Thursday.