Facility detail

SWEETWATER MINE/MILL

1382 SWEETWATER MINE ROAD, ELLINGTON, MO, 63638

Parent company: THE RENCO GROUP INC

PBT — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

Top chemical totals

The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.

Full release table

Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.

All values in pounds (lbs)
Year Lead compounds Zinc compounds Lead And Lead Compounds Copper compounds Copper And Copper Compounds Total (lbs)
2024 — 2,634,743 2,369,718 — 163,460 5,167,922
2023 2,175,546 2,790,122 — 231,118 — 5,196,786
2022 — 2,063,741 2,481,233 — 308,632 4,853,606
2021 — 2,209,649 2,024,922 — 368,099 4,602,670
2020 2,325,033 1,165,189 — 388,098 — 3,878,320
2019 2,077,082 1,041,258 — 346,145 — 3,464,485
2018 — 1,106,354 2,574,756 — 552,116 4,233,226
2017 2,193,762 1,465,460 — 548,182 — 4,207,403
2016 2,144,874 1,432,346 — 358,324 — 3,935,544
2015 2,377,524 1,830,809 — 548,696 — 4,757,029
2014 3,052,728 1,630,426 — 610,229 — 5,293,383
2013 3,103,785 1,280,530 — 364,257 — 4,748,572
2012 3,043,580 1,159,689 — 724,251 — 4,927,520
2011 2,206,211 1,298,726 — 518,305 — 4,023,242
2010 2,029,474 1,602,454 — 426,354 — 4,058,282
2009 1,378,962 1,294,260 — 258,303 — 2,931,525
2008 2,026,301 1,523,056 — 506,380 — 4,055,737
2007 2,169,191 1,625,455 — 541,747 — 4,336,393
2006 2,454,537 1,370,990 — 196,093 — 4,021,620
2005 2,520,343 891,446 — 453,250 — 3,865,039
2004 1,248,990 810,154 — 245,879 — 2,305,023
2003 1,577,131 1,295,830 — 478,629 — 3,351,590
2002 1,858,538 1,720,691 — 563,191 — 4,142,420
2001 1,768,589 1,703,867 — 385,950 — 3,858,406
2000 2,181,729 1,537,861 — — — 3,719,590
1999 2,635,340 1,072,264 — — — 3,707,604
1998 1,878,432 1,780,968 — — — 3,659,400

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