Estimation of lead and zinc emissions from mineral ...
in the lead/zinc mineral industry. Lead/zinc mining and smelting activities are some of the main sources of heavy metals emission to the environment [3−5]. According to a global inventory of trace element emissions by NRIAGU and PACYNA [6], about (357−857)×106 kg/a lead and (462−1 380)×106 kg/a zinc are released into the environment through mining and smelting .