'Great news': EU hails discovery of massive phosphate rock deposit in NorwayATGM 🚀@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.org – 8 points – 1 years agoeuractiv.com2Post a CommentPreviewHotTopNewOldtl;dr: It's significant because the EU has phosphate on the list of critical raw materials Norway deposit is estimated 70b tons at least, the biggest in the world Phosphate is essential for fertilizers, car batteries and solar panels The new reserves are supposed to last for a 100 years For more on EU list of critical raw materials you can read here: https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/raw-materials/areas-specific-interest/critical-raw-materials_en
tl;dr: It's significant because the EU has phosphate on the list of critical raw materials Norway deposit is estimated 70b tons at least, the biggest in the world Phosphate is essential for fertilizers, car batteries and solar panels The new reserves are supposed to last for a 100 years For more on EU list of critical raw materials you can read here: https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/raw-materials/areas-specific-interest/critical-raw-materials_en
For more on EU list of critical raw materials you can read here: https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/raw-materials/areas-specific-interest/critical-raw-materials_en
tl;dr:
It's significant because the EU has phosphate on the list of critical raw materials
Norway deposit is estimated 70b tons at least, the biggest in the world
Phosphate is essential for fertilizers, car batteries and solar panels
The new reserves are supposed to last for a 100 years
For more on EU list of critical raw materials you can read here:
https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/raw-materials/areas-specific-interest/critical-raw-materials_en