TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Kennecott Utah Copper Mine Concentrators & Power Plant

Total reported releases 192.7M lb fell meaningfully year over year (-21%). Total releases concentrations are up 56% since 2010.

8362 WEST 10200 SOUTH, Bingham Canyon, Utah · 212230 · Metal Mining · operated by Rio Tinto America INC

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 192.7M.290.5M'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'24192.7M
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

LONG-ARC REGRESSION · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Lead And Lead Compounds

Lead And Lead Compounds at Kennecott Utah Copper Mine Concentrators & Power Plant have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC REGRESSION · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Total reported releases

Total reported releases at Kennecott Utah Copper Mine Concentrators & Power Plant have risen 56% since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

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) at Kennecott Utah Copper Mine Concentrators & Power Plant have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

PBTCAS N420

Lead And Lead Compounds

131.6M lb · -31% YoY

Lead And Lead Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

GENERALCAS N100

Copper And Copper Compounds

60.2M lb · +18% YoY

Copper And Copper Compounds concentrations are up 31% since 2010.

GENERALCAS 7429-90-5

Aluminum (fume or dust)

443k lb · +26% YoY

Aluminum (fume or dust) concentrations have fallen 30% since 2022.

RESPIRATORYCAS N450

Manganese And Manganese Compounds

209k lb · +27% YoY

Manganese And Manganese Compounds concentrations have fallen 45% since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N090

Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)

77k lb · +27% YoY

Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS 100-42-5

Styrene

45k lb · YoY

Styrene concentrations have more than doubled since 2021.

PBTCAS N458

Mercury And Mercury Compounds

40k lb · +23% YoY

Mercury And Mercury Compounds concentrations are up 12% since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS N020

Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds

33k lb · +46% YoY

Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (3 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 7,918. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
27.3%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
33.4%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
10.4%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
4.8%

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.