Teck American Inc
2 facilities · 2 states · 3.4B lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Teck American Inc is the reported parent of 2 Form R facilities across 2 states, disclosing 3.4B lbs of toxic releases. 6 of 28 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Alaska (3.3B lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Teck American Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Teck American Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+17.1%
2 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+17.1%
658.7 million lb → 771.3 million lb, every facility that filed
- Teck American Inc's total reported releases rose from 658.7 million lb in 2022 to 771.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Teck American Inc's air releases fell from 107.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 36.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Teck American Inc's land releases rose from 658.6 million lb in 2022 to 771.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Teck American Inc's water releases fell from 7.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Teck American Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Red Dog Operations; Pend Oreille Mine. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Hecla Mining Co; Kinross Gold Corp (usa) Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Alaska; Washington. Industry labels on the parent rollup: 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: Red Dog Operations; Pend Oreille Mine. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Hecla Mining Co; Kinross Gold Corp (usa) Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Alaska; Washington. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Metal Mining.
Among slug-merged TRI parents in this extract, Teck American Inc sits near the top of the release list (rank #1 of 4,988). Teck American Inc files across 2 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Red Dog Operations accounts for most of Teck American Inc's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Teck American Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Hecla Mining Co; Kinross Gold Corp (usa) Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Teck American Inc sits among TRI parents
Teck American Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Hecla Mining Co and Kinross Gold Corp (usa) Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Lower disclosed volume
- Hecla Mining Co · rank #2 · 375.5M lbs
- Kinross Gold Corp (usa) Inc · rank #3 · 79.6M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Teck American Inc
Zinc compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Red Dog Operations. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 1.8B lbs |
| Lead compounds | 811.0M lbs |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 542.5M lbs |
| Manganese compounds | 149.3M lbs |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 25.3M lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 1 | 3.3B lbs |
| Washington | 1 | 6.0M lbs |
Facilities (2)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Red Dog Operations Kotzebue, AK | 3.3B lbs |
| Pend Oreille Mine Metaline Falls, WA | 6.0M lbs |
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Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Teck American Inc on total disclosed release pounds (3.4B lbs) and reporting facility count (2). Release-volume peers include Nevada Gold Mines LLC, Barrick Nevada Holding LLC, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
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Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Alaska, Washington; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Teck American Inc's TRI parent record
From Teck American Inc, open Red Dog Operations or compare against Hecla Mining Co rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Teck American Inc (Red Dog Operations in AK). Largest facility
- Compare against Hecla Mining Co, the next-lower disclosed-volume parent. Lower-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Teck American Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Hecla Mining Co, Kinross Gold Corp (usa) Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Teck American Inc'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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