Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
AMAX METALS RECOVERY INC.
3607 ENGLISH TURN RD, BRAITHWAITE, LA, 70040
Parent company: PHELPS DODGE CORP
Carcinogen
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
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 | Molybdenum trioxide | Vanadium compounds | Nickel compounds | Cobalt compounds | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Total (lbs) |
| 2005 | — | 5,482 | — | — | — | 5,482 |
| 2004 | — | 12,948 | — | — | — | 12,948 |
| 2003 | 498 | — | 103 | — | — | 601 |
| 2001 | — | 7,536 | — | — | — | 7,536 |
| 2000 | 1,189 | 61,545 | 1,779 | — | — | 64,513 |
| 1999 | 14,021 | — | 1,775 | — | — | 15,796 |
| 1998 | 12,794 | — | 1,529 | — | — | 14,323 |
| 1997 | 13,438 | — | 2,296 | — | — | 15,734 |
| 1996 | 12,817 | — | 2,433 | — | — | 15,250 |
| 1995 | 11,350 | — | 4,102 | — | — | 15,452 |
| 1994 | 12,351 | — | 2,837 | 722 | 38 | 16,035 |
| 1993 | 10,890 | — | 2,250 | 1,250 | 1,000 | 18,390 |
| 1992 | 10,637 | — | 2,250 | 1,250 | 1,000 | 17,245 |
| 1991 | 9,012 | — | 2,800 | 1,250 | 1,000 | 17,062 |
| 1990 | 7,750 | — | 3,950 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 16,450 |
| 1989 | 6,350 | — | 3,950 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 15,050 |
| 1988 | 5,550 | — | 3,450 | 750 | 1,000 | 10,750 |
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.