Freeport-McMoran Inc
14 facilities · 7 states · 260.3M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Freeport-McMoran Inc is the reported parent of 14 Form R facilities across 7 states, disclosing 260.3M lbs of toxic releases. 18 of 170 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Arizona (200.0M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Freeport-McMoran Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Freeport-McMoran Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-0.7%
12 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-0.7%
51.5 million lb → 51.2 million lb, every facility that filed
- Freeport-McMoran Inc's total reported releases fell from 51.5 million lb in 2022 to 51.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Freeport-McMoran Inc's water releases rose from 39.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 52.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Freeport-McMoran Inc's off-site transfers rose from 2.3 million lb in 2022 to 2.7 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Freeport-McMoran Inc's air releases rose from 3.5 million lb in 2022 to 4.0 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Freeport-McMoran Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Freeport-McMoran Miami Inc; Freeport-McMoran Morenci Inc; Freeport-McMoran Bagdad Inc; Climax Molybdenum Co. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Americas Mining Corp; Uns Energy Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds; Zinc compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Ammonia. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Arizona; Colorado; Iowa. 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: Freeport-McMoran Miami Inc; Freeport-McMoran Morenci Inc; Freeport-McMoran Bagdad Inc; Climax Molybdenum Co. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Americas Mining Corp; Uns Energy Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds; Zinc compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Ammonia. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Arizona; Colorado; Iowa. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Primary Metals; Metal Mining.
Among slug-merged TRI parents in this extract, Freeport-McMoran Inc sits near the top of the release list (rank #7 of 4,988). Freeport-McMoran Inc spans 7 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Freeport-McMoran Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 14 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Freeport-McMoran Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Americas Mining Corp; Uns Energy Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Freeport-McMoran Inc sits among TRI parents
Freeport-McMoran Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Americas Mining Corp and Uns Energy Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Lower disclosed volume
- Americas Mining Corp · rank #8 · 89.8M lbs
- Uns Energy Corp · rank #9 · 13.7M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Freeport-McMoran Inc
Lead And Lead Compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds; Zinc compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Ammonia lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Freeport-McMoran Miami Inc. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 65.3M lbs |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 58.9M lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 54.7M lbs |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 17.2M lbs |
| Ammonia | 16.0M lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 5 | 200.0M lbs |
| Colorado | 3 | 33.1M lbs |
| Iowa | 1 | 16.4M lbs |
| New Mexico | 2 | 9.6M lbs |
| Texas | 1 | 1.2M lbs |
| Connecticut | 1 | 54.9K lbs |
| New Jersey | 1 | 1.5K lbs |
Facilities (14)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Freeport-McMoran Miami Inc Claypool, AZ | 129.3M lbs |
| Freeport-McMoran Morenci Inc Morenci, AZ | 36.9M lbs |
| Freeport-McMoran Bagdad Inc Bagdad, AZ | 19.0M lbs |
| Climax Molybdenum Co Fort Madison, IA | 16.4M lbs |
| Climax Molybdenum Co-Henderson Mine Empire, CO | 15.5M lbs |
| Climax Molybdenum Co-Climax Mine Climax, CO | 12.5M lbs |
| Freeport-McMoran Sierrita Inc Green Valley, AZ | 10.0M lbs |
| Chino Mines Co Mine Concentrator-Sxew Plants Vanadium, NM | 7.3M lbs |
| Climax Molybdenum Co Henderson Mill Parshall, CO | 5.2M lbs |
| Freeport-McMoran Safford Inc Safford, AZ | 4.8M lbs |
| Freeport-McMoran Tyrone Inc. Tyrone, NM | 2.3M lbs |
| Phelps Dodge Copper Products Co El Paso, TX | 1.2M lbs |
| Freeport-McMoran Copper Products Norwich Rod Plant Norwich, CT | 54.9K lbs |
| Phelps Dodge Industries Inc DBA Freeport-McMoran Inc Elizabeth, NJ | 1.5K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Freeport-McMoran Inc on total disclosed release pounds (260.3M lbs) and reporting facility count (14). Release-volume peers include Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, Barrick Nevada Holding LLC, Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc. Facility-count peers include American Air Liquide Holdings Inc, Cemstone Products Co, Championx 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, Colorado, Iowa; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Freeport-McMoran Inc's TRI parent record
From Freeport-McMoran Inc, open Freeport-McMoran Miami Inc or compare against Americas Mining Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Freeport-McMoran Inc (Freeport-McMoran Miami Inc in AZ). Largest facility
- Compare against Americas Mining Corp, the next-lower disclosed-volume parent. Lower-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Freeport-McMoran Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Americas Mining Corp, Uns Energy Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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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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