Vlasenica Canton — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Vlasenica Canton is an aluminium smelter in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its listed capacity is 14,836 t of alumina/aluminum. Aluminium smelters use large electric currents to refine alumina into molten aluminium above 900°C, and the hot metal must flow through crucibles and casting equipment. By capacity it ranks #2 among 2 aluminium smelters in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It emits about 21,008 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.68% of the CO₂e from the 7 facilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 32% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3672953.

In context: how this facility compares

At 14,836 t of alumina/aluminum, Vlasenica Canton is below the median aluminium smelter in Bosnia and Herzegovina (350,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Subsector: aluminum. As aluminium smelter, it requires high process heat (typically 600–900°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Aluminium smelters use large electric currents to refine alumina into molten aluminium above 900°C, and the hot metal must flow through crucibles and casting equipment.

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

What 21,008 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 aluminium smelters in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Local climate

Vlasenica Canton sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 44.2°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 humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1423 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.09× 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 #2 largest of 2 aluminium smelters in Bosnia and Herzegovina by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Birac Zvornik Alumina Factory · Aluminium Smelter · 406,922 t CO₂
• Lukavac Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 233,844 t CO₂
• Sisecam Soda Lukavac d.o.o. · Chemical Plant · 47,175 t CO₂
• Galovici Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 179,998 t CO₂
• Kakanj Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 430,400 t CO₂
• Metalfer Steel Mill Sremska Mitrovica · Steel Plant · 21,150 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 44.23068, 19.12877. View on OpenStreetMap.

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