Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds at Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC
Total reported releases 10.4M lb rose meaningfully year over year (+21%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
250 W US HWY 12, Burns Harbor, Indiana · 331110 · Primary Metals · operated by Cleveland-Cliffs INC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Manganese And Manganese Compounds
Manganese And Manganese Compounds at Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
Nickel And Nickel Compounds
Nickel And Nickel Compounds releases at Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC rose from 42k lb to 123k lb (2.9×) between 2023 and 2024.
Showing the 4 most editorially weighted signals out of 5. Lower-severity signals fold into the chemical breakdown and history charts below.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Manganese And Manganese Compounds
Manganese And Manganese Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Phenol
Phenol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations have fallen 43% since 2010.
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Cresol (mixed isomers)
Cresol (mixed isomers) concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
Vanadium compounds
Vanadium compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2020.
Nickel And Nickel Compounds
Nickel And Nickel Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (4 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 3,958. Why we surface this →
22.2%
Low-income
6.6%
People of color
4.5%
Under age 5
30.4%
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.