Tellnes
One of Europe's largest titanium mines and a secure source inside NATO.
- Material
- Titanium
- Stage
- Mine
- Place
- Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway
- Operator
- Titania (Kronos)
- Coordinates
- 58.33° N, 6.42° E
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).
- Surface temperature
- Landsat, 19 Oct 2026: typical ground 10.4 °C; 0.0 ha more than 8 °C warmer than the land around it; hottest spot 6.7 °C above it.
- 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
- Open-pit ilmenite mine, operating since 1960
- Reserves over 300 Mt of ore at about 18% titanium
- Produced about 580,000 t of ilmenite concentrate in 1999