Elkem

The company has manufacturing facilities in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia, as well as a comprehensive network of sales offices and agents in the major markets.

Primary Aluminium

Primary Aluminium consists of aluminium production at the works in Mosjøen and Lista, and anode production at Mosjøen. Elkem Aluminium is organised as a partnership with the US aluminium manufacturer Alcoa; Elkem owns 50 % of the aluminium plants and 18 % of the anode factory.

Energy

Energy activities consist of hydropower production and power trading. Elkem's Norwegian hydropower plants are located in Salten, Bremanger and Sauda.

Silicon-related

The silicon-related business comprises solar, silicon metal, foundry products, microsilica, carbon and calcium carbide. The solar business consists of Elkem's own project for manufacturing silicon metal for the solar cell industry. In the silicon metal segment, the recently restructured production base after being restructured now consists of three smelting plants in Norway.

Elkem's foundry products are currently produced in Norway, Iceland, Canada and China. The microsilica business consists of the purchase and sale of materials mainly filtered from tapping fumes from smelting plants. In 2007, production for the carbon business took place in Kristiansand (Norway), at two plants in Brazil, one in South Africa, and one in China. Calcium carbide is manufactured at a plant in Oklahoma (USA).

Focus 2008

• Proceed with continuous improvement and renewal to enhance product quality, profitability and value creation.
• Stable operations and satisfactory Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) performance.
• Commercial deliveries of the right quality from Elkem Solar, as well as the development of new products through research and development.