Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Befesa Zinc Metal LLC have more than doubled since 2014 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Befesa Zinc Metal LLC
Total reported releases 12.9M lb rose modestly year over year (+7%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2014.
484 HICKS GROVE RD, Mooresboro, North Carolina · 331492 · Primary Metals · operated by Befesa Holding US INC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds at Befesa Zinc Metal LLC have more than doubled since 2014 (through 2024).
Lead compounds
Lead compounds releases at Befesa Zinc Metal LLC rose from 2.6M lb to 6.2M lb (2.3×) between 2023 and 2024.
Cadmium compounds
Cadmium compounds releases at Befesa Zinc Metal LLC fell from 777k lb to 340k lb (56% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Lead compounds
Lead compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2020.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2014.
Manganese compounds
Manganese compounds concentrations have fallen 22% since 2021.
Cadmium compounds
Cadmium compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2015.
Copper compounds
Copper compounds volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (1 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 1,026. Why we surface this →
18.1%
Low-income
17.4%
People of color
4.5%
Under age 5
26.1%
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.