Americas Mining Corp
5 facilities · 2 states · 90.6M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Americas Mining Corp is the reported parent of 5 Form R facilities across 2 states, disclosing 90.6M lbs of toxic releases. 10 of 63 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Arizona (89.8M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Americas Mining Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Americas Mining Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+414.4%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+409.2%
10.4 million lb → 53.2 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Americas Mining Corp's total reported releases rose from 10.3 million lb in 2022 to 53.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Americas Mining Corp's off-site transfers rose from 58 lb in 2022 to 81.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Americas Mining Corp's land releases rose from 10.3 million lb in 2022 to 53.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Americas Mining Corp's water releases fell from 210 lb in 2022 to 2 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Americas Mining Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Asarco LLC Ray Complex/ Hayden Smelter & Concentrator; Asarco LLC Mission Complex; Asarco LLC Ray Mine Operations; Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Freeport-McMoran Inc; Uns Energy Corp; Salt River Project Ai&pd. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Copper compounds; Lead compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Arizona; Texas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Primary Metals; Metal Mining. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Asarco LLC Ray Complex/ Hayden Smelter & Concentrator; Asarco LLC Mission Complex; Asarco LLC Ray Mine Operations; Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Freeport-McMoran Inc; Uns Energy Corp; Salt River Project Ai&pd. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Copper compounds; Lead compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Arizona; Texas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Primary Metals; Metal Mining.
Among slug-merged TRI parents in this extract, Americas Mining Corp sits near the top of the release list (rank #25 of 4,988). Americas Mining Corp files across 2 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Asarco LLC Ray Complex/ Hayden Smelter & Concentrator accounts for most of Americas Mining Corp's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Americas Mining Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Freeport-McMoran Inc; Uns Energy Corp; Salt River Project Ai&pd) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Americas Mining Corp sits among TRI parents
Americas Mining Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Freeport-McMoran Inc and Uns Energy Corp and Salt River Project Ai&pd. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Freeport-McMoran Inc · rank #23 · 200.0M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Uns Energy Corp · rank #26 · 13.7M lbs
- Salt River Project Ai&pd · rank #27 · 1.9M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Americas Mining Corp
Zinc compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Copper compounds; Lead compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Asarco LLC Ray Complex/ Hayden Smelter & Concentrator. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 44.4M lbs |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 16.6M lbs |
| Copper compounds | 15.0M lbs |
| Lead compounds | 4.4M lbs |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 2.5M lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 4 | 89.8M lbs |
| Texas | 1 | 833.5K lbs |
Facilities (5)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Asarco LLC Ray Complex/ Hayden Smelter & Concentrator Hayden, AZ | 67.4M lbs |
| Asarco LLC Mission Complex Sahuarita, AZ | 17.1M lbs |
| Asarco LLC Ray Mine Operations Kearny, AZ | 5.3M lbs |
| Asarco LLC Amarillo Copper Refinery Amarillo, TX | 833.5K lbs |
| Silver Bell Mining LLC Marana, AZ | 28.9K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Americas Mining Corp on total disclosed release pounds (90.6M lbs) and reporting facility count (5). Release-volume peers include Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Tyson Foods Inc, Cf Industries Holdings Inc. Facility-count peers include Abb Motors & Mechanical Inc, Advansix Inc, Aes Corp. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Arizona, Texas; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Americas Mining Corp's TRI parent record
From Americas Mining Corp, open Asarco LLC Ray Complex/ Hayden Smelter & Concentrator or compare against Freeport-McMoran Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Americas Mining Corp (Asarco LLC Ray Complex/ Hayden Smelter & Concentrator in AZ). Largest facility
- Compare against Freeport-McMoran Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Americas Mining Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Freeport-McMoran Inc, Uns Energy Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Americas Mining Corp's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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