Massive Mineral Deposit Discovery Could Meet Global Battery And Solar Panel Demand ‘For Next 100 Years’
3rd July 2023
A huge phosphate rock deposit discovered in Norway contains enough minerals to meet the global demand for batteries and solar panels for the next 100 years, according to the mining company that controls it.
Norge Mining said up to 70 billion tonnes of the non-renewable resource may have been uncovered in south-western Norway, alongside deposits of other strategic minerals like titanium and vanadium.