Manganese compounds
Manganese compounds releases at Befesa Zinc US INC. rose from 23k lb to 39k lb between 2023 and 2024.
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Befesa Zinc US INC.
Total reported releases 334k lb fell sharply year over year (-39%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2015.
2701 E 114TH ST, Chicago, Illinois · 331492 · Primary Metals · operated by Befesa Holding US INC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Lead compounds
Lead compounds releases at Befesa Zinc US INC. fell from 31k lb to 7k lb (77% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2015.
Manganese compounds
Manganese compounds concentrations have fallen 34% since 2015.
Lead compounds
Lead compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Copper compounds
Copper compounds volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
Cadmium compounds
Cadmium compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2014.
Mercury compounds
Mercury compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (54 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 66,891. Why we surface this →
42.5%
Low-income
88.9%
People of color
6.0%
Under age 5
15.8%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.