Elkem Thamshavn — Norway

Elkem Thamshavn is a non-ferrous metals plant in Norway. Non-ferrous metals plants melt, refine and cast metals in furnaces and crucibles above their melting points. It emits about 277,000 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 1.9% of the CO₂e from the 46 facilities in Norway that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673288.

In context: how this facility compares

Subsector: other-metals. As non-ferrous metals plant, it requires high process heat (typically 400–1200°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Non-ferrous metals plants melt, refine and cast metals in furnaces and crucibles above their melting points.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 277,000 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Local climate

Elkem Thamshavn sits in a subpolar oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfc), at 63.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1466 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.13× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Wacker Chemicals Norway · Metals Plant · 274,000 t CO₂
• Trondheim Tjeldbergodden Methanol · Chemical Plant · 300,375 t CO₂
• NOR-Aure_methanol · Chemical Plant · 40,146 t CO₂
• Norfrakalk · Lime Plant · 167,177 t CO₂
• Verdalskalk Hylla · Lime Plant · 76,331 t CO₂
• MM FOLLACELL Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 70,255 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 63.32585, 9.89443. View on OpenStreetMap.

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