Sillamäe separation plant
One of the few rare-earth separation plants in the EU.
- Material
- Rare earths
- Stage
- Processing plant
- Place
- Ida-Viru County, Estonia
- Operator
- Neo Performance Materials (Silmet)
- Coordinates
- 59.39° N, 27.77° E (approximate)
Seen from orbit
- Heat
- 0 of the last 7 days and 0 of the last 30 had furnace-hot pixels within 6 km (NASA FIRMS).
- Radar
- Latest Sentinel-1 radar picture: 28 Oct 2026.
Signals show activity, not output. They are measured automatically and can be affected by weather, terrain and fires.
Facts
- Former Soviet uranium plant that later moved into niobium, tantalum and rare earths
- Produces lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium and neodymium compounds
- A heavy rare-earth separation unit is being installed