Rio Tinto
Rank in Toxic 100: 13
Rank among all TRI companies: 21
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 154,940
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 159
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 3,007,362
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 0.9%
EJ: Poor Share: 9%
EJ: Minority Share: 31%
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This company is rank 19 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
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Arsenic compounds
11,073
0
15,000,000
166,095,000,000
2,635,459
87.63%
8.8%
25.9%
31.8%
1.9%
21.3%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi
394
0
43,000,000
5,763,642,600
211,431
7.03%
6.8%
21.3%
24.3%
1.3%
15.7%
Diisocyanates
8,328
0
350,000
2,914,765,000
123,776
4.12%
6.5%
20.5%
23.1%
1.2%
14.7%
Lead compounds
12,484
0
23,000
287,127,860
11,417
0.38%
9.2%
26.8%
33.0%
2.0%
22.3%
Nickel compounds
297
0
930,000
276,200,700
11,364
0.38%
8.7%
25.7%
31.3%
1.8%
21.0%
Cadmium compounds
90
0
6,400,000
577,280,000
9,081
0.30%
8.3%
24.8%
29.9%
1.8%
19.9%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom
77,240
0
1,500
115,860,000
3,476
0.12%
9.3%
27.2%
33.8%
2.0%
22.9%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
24,330
0
3,500
85,155,000
758
0.03%
8.1%
24.4%
29.7%
1.8%
19.6%
Cyanide compounds
1,348
0
4,400
5,931,200
252
0.01%
6.5%
20.5%
23.1%
1.2%
14.7%
Manganese compounds
292
0
12,000
3,500,880
123
0.00%
6.7%
21.1%
24.0%
1.3%
15.4%
Antimony compounds
175
0
12,000
2,100,000
102
0.00%
9.4%
27.3%
33.7%
2.0%
22.9%
Zinc compounds
5,353
0
100
535,287
60
0.00%
15.0%
34.2%
69.4%
7.7%
44.7%
Naphthalene
99
0
12,000
1,188,120
37
0.00%
6.1%
19.9%
22.5%
1.1%
14.4%
Thallium compounds
54
0
14,000
756,000
8
0.00%
8.4%
25.0%
30.4%
1.8%
20.2%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
504
0
180
90,720
5
0.00%
9.4%
27.3%
33.8%
2.0%
22.9%
Selenium compounds
740
0
180
133,200
3
0.00%
9.7%
28.4%
36.4%
2.0%
25.3%
Mercury compounds
7
0
12,000
84,000
3
0.00%
7.3%
22.4%
25.1%
1.4%
16.2%
Silver compounds
254
0
200
50,800
2
0.00%
9.3%
26.9%
33.2%
2.0%
22.5%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i
11,562
0
7
80,934
2
0.00%
7.1%
22.1%
25.6%
1.4%
16.6%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like
0
0
1,400,000,000
38,755
2
0.00%
6.5%
20.5%
23.0%
1.2%
14.7%
Vanadium compounds
66
0
140
9,240
0
0.00%
7.9%
24.0%
29.1%
1.8%
19.1%
Cresol (mixed isomers)
250
0
6
1,450
0
0.00%
5.6%
18.6%
21.3%
1.0%
13.5%
Ethylene glycol
0
159
9
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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