Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds releases at Ames Copper Group LLC rose from 63k lb to 122k lb between 2023 and 2024.
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Ames Copper Group LLC
Total reported releases 878k lb more than doubled year over year (+89%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
125 OLD BOILING SPRINGS RD, Shelby, North Carolina · 331410 · Primary Metals · operated by Prime Materials Recovery INC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Lead And Lead Compounds
Lead And Lead Compounds releases at Ames Copper Group LLC rose from 17k lb to 33k lb between 2023 and 2024.
Copper And Copper Compounds
Copper And Copper Compounds releases at Ames Copper Group LLC rose from 384k lb to 723k lb between 2023 and 2024.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Copper And Copper Compounds
Copper And Copper Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations are up 93% since 2023.
Lead And Lead Compounds
Lead And Lead Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds
Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds concentrations are up 93% since 2023.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (12 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 12,241. Why we surface this →
49.2%
Low-income
46.4%
People of color
7.2%
Under age 5
22.1%
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.