The Renco Group Inc
12 facilities · 7 states · 178.4M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, The Renco Group Inc is the reported parent of 12 Form R facilities across 7 states, disclosing 178.4M lbs of toxic releases. 11 of 74 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Missouri (150.8M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for The Renco Group Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for The Renco Group Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+0.8%
9 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-9.1%
34.9 million lb → 31.7 million lb, every facility that filed
These two measures point in opposite directions. Releases from the facilities present in both years rose, while the inventory-wide total fell. The difference is which facilities filed, not a different estimate of the same plants.
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- The Renco Group Inc's total reported releases rose from 31.5 million lb in 2022 to 31.7 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- The Renco Group Inc's air releases fell from 2.1 million lb in 2022 to 13.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- The Renco Group Inc's water releases fell from 5.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- The Renco Group Inc's off-site transfers fell from 2.0 million lb in 2022 to 724.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read The Renco Group Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Buick Mine/mill; Brushy Creek Mine/mill; US Magnesium LLC; Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ameren Corp; Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Chlorine; Copper compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Missouri; Utah; Arizona. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Metal Mining; Primary Metals; Chemicals; Transportation Equipment. 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: Buick Mine/mill; Brushy Creek Mine/mill; US Magnesium LLC; Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ameren Corp; Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Chlorine; Copper compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Missouri; Utah; Arizona. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Metal Mining; Primary Metals; Chemicals; Transportation Equipment.
Among slug-merged TRI parents in this extract, The Renco Group Inc sits near the top of the release list (rank #10 of 4,988). The Renco Group Inc spans 7 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. The Renco Group Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 12 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for The Renco Group Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Ameren Corp; Associated Electric Cooperative Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where The Renco Group Inc sits among TRI parents
The Renco Group Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Ameren Corp and Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Lower disclosed volume
- Ameren Corp · rank #11 · 13.2M lbs
- Associated Electric Cooperative Inc · rank #12 · 12.9M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by The Renco Group Inc
Zinc compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Chlorine; Copper compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Buick Mine/mill. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 47.0M lbs |
| Lead compounds | 41.3M lbs |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 37.0M lbs |
| Chlorine | 14.9M lbs |
| Copper compounds | 12.0M lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 6 | 150.8M lbs |
| Utah | 1 | 27.6M lbs |
| Arizona | 1 | 846 lbs |
| Washington | 1 | 35 lbs |
| Alabama | 1 | 11 lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 6 lbs |
| Indiana | 1 | 4 lbs |
Facilities (12)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Buick Mine/mill Boss, MO | 48.2M lbs |
| Brushy Creek Mine/mill Boss, MO | 30.6M lbs |
| US Magnesium LLC Grantsville, UT | 27.6M lbs |
| Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC Boss, MO | 26.6M lbs |
| Sweetwater Mine/mill Ellington, MO | 22.0M lbs |
| Fletcher Mine/mill Centerville, MO | 19.7M lbs |
| Doe Run Co Herculaneum Smelter Herculaneum, MO | 3.8M lbs |
| Fabricated Products Inc DBA Seafab Metals Co Casa Grande, AZ | 846 lbs |
| Fabricated Products Inc DBA Seafab Metals Co Vancouver, WA | 35 lbs |
| Inteva Products Gadsden, AL | 11 lbs |
| Inteva Products-Adrian Operations Adrian, MI | 6 lbs |
| Inteva Products-Bluffton Operations Bluffton, IN | 4 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest The Renco Group Inc on total disclosed release pounds (178.4M lbs) and reporting facility count (12). Release-volume peers include Clean Harbors Inc, Waste Management Inc, International Paper Co. Facility-count peers include Avery Dennison Corp, Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc, Harsco 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 Missouri, Utah, Arizona; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with The Renco Group Inc's TRI parent record
From The Renco Group Inc, open Buick Mine/mill or compare against Ameren Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for The Renco Group Inc (Buick Mine/mill in MO). Largest facility
- Compare against Ameren Corp, the next-lower disclosed-volume parent. Lower-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where The Renco Group Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Ameren Corp, Associated Electric Cooperative Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
The Renco Group 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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