North American car battery sales rise in Aug on auto recovery

NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Continued recovery in car and truck sales bolstered shipments of new and replacement automotive batteries in North America in August, fuelling optimism about demand for lead metal, according to data the Battery Council International released on Tuesday. Lead is the main ingredient in automobile batteries. Shipments of original equipment batteries rose 31 percent to 1.6 million units from a slower July, while replacement battery shipments dipped 1.4 percent to