Größte Seltenerdmetall-Vorkommen Europas in Norwegen entdeckt
https://tvpworld.com/77948365/norway-discovers-rare-earth-metal-deposits
Größte Seltenerdmetall-Vorkommen Europas in Norwegen entdeckt
https://tvpworld.com/77948365/norway-discovers-rare-earth-metal-deposits
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>These elements are crucial for manufacturing batteries, wind turbine generators, and military equipment. Currently, China dominates the supply of these metals.
Nice. Less reliance on China.
Cool
of course.. oil and minerals.. is there a better combo?
Norway has all the cool stuff.
As if they were not rich enough 😀
Wasn’t there one in Sweden too recently?
Another boost for the sovereign wealth fund. If this was the UK the minister for energy would have sold it to his boarding school mate for forty quid.
First oil, then phosphates, now rare earth metals. Sweden says its like watching their hillbilly cousins win the lottery three times in a row.
Correct me if I’m wrong but ‘rare earth metals’ aren’t so rare. The constraint is mining them without destroying the environment. China doesn’t adhere to their own environment laws or they aren’t a constraint. There are more countries with fast reserves like Canada for example but mining them is so detrimental to the environment that it’s costly to do business there. When the costs are higher than other suppliers (because they don’t have to factor in the destruction) businesses can’t compete so there’s too little incentive to start mining.
Environmental laws are there for a reason so either tax polluting (import) metals accordingly to create a equal playing field, subsidise your own production or a combination of both.
Not that surprising considering that so many rare earth metals were first discovered in Sweden (cf Ytterby)
Im glad its in norway. They wont be dumb as our politicians in austria… like giving a large lithium mine for free to australia.
As if they not rich enough there. lol.
Russia: 👺
The Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund should just buy Russia and have it plowed over.
Man Norway just keeps winning…
Looks like you would need some US democracy
**Europe’s largest deposits of rare earth metals have been discovered in the Telemark region of Norway, the Rare Earths Norway (REN) mining company announced on Thursday.**
>The company revealed that the new deposits found in the Nome municipality, 150 kilometers southwest of Oslo, contain an estimated 8.78 million tons of rare earth metals, such as neodymium and praseodymium oxide.
>These elements are crucial for manufacturing batteries, wind turbine generators, and military equipment. Currently, China dominates the supply of these metals.
>REN, which has been conducting drilling operations for the past three years, stated it could commence mining by 2030, aiming to meet 10% of the increasing demand for rare earth metals. REN’s CEO, Alf Reistad, highlighted the significance of this discovery by suggesting that Norwegian metals might become more valuable to Europe than the country’s exported gas.
>This Norwegian discovery surpasses a similar find in Kiruna, northern Sweden, made in 2023, which was previously considered the largest in Europe. The Swedish discovery had sparked a debate about speeding up the complex environmental permitting process required to open a new mine and influenced the creation of the EU’s strategy on critical metals.
>Rare earth metals comprise a group of 17 elements, including lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium, and lutetium.
Going to be tragic if it’s on any important ecosystems for climate or Saami land
Russia: Norway has long had historical russian heritage.
Yes. We are going to get rich 😎
Odin’s favourite country it seems
Is that handful gonna be enough though?
Do they need some….^Freedom?
Great, first they have oil and now they have metals needed for batteries. How?
Norway spawned in a good location
Norway keeps wining at resources RNG, oil first, now rare earth metals.
This is pretty good really. Makes it harder for China to leverage theirs. I lot of the EV push etc comes from stuff mined and made in China. They git a pretty good share and potential influence with it atm
Ofc it’s in Norway, motherfuckers couldn’t get more lucky.
Thank god, Norway finally has access to some natural resources.
Enough thorium to keep Europe warm for centuries
Now instead of handing out teslas to their people like Halloween candy they will be handing out Rolls Royce’s. I also somehow doubt that foreign governments will work their way in and exploit children to mine the metals.
Yeah, but what about mining it? Because of people’s protests and such.
Over here, they’re (re)surveying an old mining site that closed around 1890, and found ample enough deposits of zinc and lead to be worthwhile to start a new operation. For batteries and all that.
Of course being in the middle of Europe, everyone and their dog is now bitching up a storm against that project. I mean, everyone profits of modern life and the tech it brings, so long the materials for it are dug up elsewhere.
Hmm… Looks like Norway is in dire need of freedom and democracy™️
Rare earths are nothing but rare. Extracting and purifying them is the big issue. Good news that we have more alternatives, now let’s make the whole process less toxic for humans and nature.
Easy mode!
Russia is already planing a “visit”
Why is it always the fucking nording countries that have it good
Id invest in Norway if they would stop supporting terrorists. Im not a fan of my life being threatened
Heads up – Putin is also a neighbour and likes taking things that aren’t his
Its always Norway.. Damn it.. When is it Finlands turn?
Sheen, this is the seventh week in a row you’ve discovered rare substances in Norway
…Norway again?
Guess I know where I’m moving when The Netherlands becomes Atlantis.
Nice. Then the Thorium will be dug up along with the rare earth metals. It contains 10-100 times more energy than all oil and gas in the North Sea.
We just need a Thorium Reactor