Norway's New Phosphate Deposits Are So Massive They Could Guarantee Solar Power And Electric Cars Keep Running For The Next 50 Y

Phosphate rock pebbles.Scott Audette / REUTERS Norge Mining has discovered 77 billion tons of phosphate rock. The company's founder said it could satisfy global demand for fertilizer and EVs for 50 years. Russia is another leading producer of phosphate rock, but the war in Ukraine has disrupted trade. Huge phosphate rock deposits discovered in Norway could satisfy global demand for fertilizers and electric vehicles for the next 50 years, the founder of the company set to mine them has said.Norge Mining, which reportedly found the massive site in southwestern Norway in 2018, announced in May that it had discovered 77 billion tons worth of the mineral, according to The Economist."Down to 400 meters, we established two world-class resources, which together allow a supply of raw materials for at least 50 years," Norge Mining's founder and deputy CEO Michael Wurmser told EURACTIV.According to the OCP Group, a phosphate rock mining company, the rock is used to produce phosphorous, a key ingredient in fertilizers.