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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: