Fort Saskatchewan Nickel Cobalt Ore A-G Refinery — Canada

Fort Saskatchewan Nickel Cobalt Ore A-G Refinery is a chemical plant in Canada. Its listed capacity is 190,000 t of chemical. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations. It is operated by Sherritt International Corp. By capacity it ranks #9 among 9 chemical plants in Canada. It emits about 249,361 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.35% of the CO₂e from the 127 facilities in Canada that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 9% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257080.

In context: how this facility compares

At 190,000 t of chemical, Fort Saskatchewan Nickel Cobalt Ore A-G Refinery is below the median chemical plant in Canada (540,000 t of chemical). Subsector: chemicals. As chemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 100–500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.

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

What 249,361 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.

Capacity vs largest chemical plants in Canada

Listed capacity (t of chemical), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Sherritt International Corp.

Local climate

Fort Saskatchewan Nickel Cobalt Ore A-G Refinery sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 53.7°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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1477 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.14× 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

The #9 largest of 9 chemical plants in Canada by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Imperial Oil Strathcona Refinery · Refinery · 1,955,920 t CO₂
• Dow Chemical Co. Ft. , Fort Saskatchewan,Alberta · Petrochemical · 1,827,497 t CO₂
• Shell Scotford Refinery · Refinery · 1,502,934 t CO₂
• North West Redwater Partnership Sturgeon Refinery · Refinery · 525,573 t CO₂
• Redwater Fertilizer · Chemical Plant · 1,837,394 t CO₂
• Edmonton Plant · Other Manufacturing · 18,605 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 53.71893, -113.1934. View on OpenStreetMap.

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