Norway, huge mineral deposit discovered: it can give us batteries for 100 years

A giant deposit of phosphate, an essential mineral to fuel our green technologies, has been discovered in the cold Norwegian wilderness. The mine, according to Norge Mining, the company that discovered it, could contain up to 70 billion tons of this non-renewable resource. That's enough to meet global demand for minerals for batteries and solar panels for the next century. We're not just talking about phosphate, but also deposits of other strategic minerals such as titanium and vanadium. Phosphate, for the uninitiated, is rich in phosphorus, a fundamental ingredient for the creation of green technologies. His discovery dates back to 1669, by the German scientist Hennig Brandt: he thought he had found the philosopher's stone, and after all he didn't go too far. Sure, phosphorus doesn't turn base metals directly into gold, but it has become an essential component in lithium-iron phosphate batteries in electric cars, solar panels and computer chips.