ABB and Norge Mining to Design All Electric Mine

ABB is collaborating with Norge Mining to conduct a FEED (Front-End Engineering and Design) study for a future Norwegian upstream mine production with the potential to supply minerals used in electric vehicles and solar panels needed for the clean energy revolution, and fertilizer demand, for at least 50 years. The deposit contains large resources of phosphate, titanium, vanadium and subsequently phosphorus, key EU-designated critical raw minerals that are essential for the clean energy transition and global food security.

Phosphate is processed and used to produce lithium-ion phosphate (LFP) batteries as well as fertilizer for the agriculture industry and is in high demand globally. Norge Mining recently announced that it has discovered up to 70 billion tons of a mineralized igneous phosphate rock at the new mine site in southern Norway, known as the Bjerkreim-Sokndal Layered Intrusion site.

"ABB is excited to begin this important project with Norge Mining, one that is anticipated to have a positive impact on European supply chains for the energy transition," said Alex Kaufmann, Business Line Manager Mining for Process Industries Switzerland at ABB. "Through our early involvement, as well as our expertise in design and solutions for mining, we will support Norge Mining to optimize costs both during the construction phase as well as during the operation of the mine. Furthermore, our eMine™ approach for electrification and automation, which makes mines all-electric and includes integrated solutions that help eliminate CO2 emissions, will help to increase the mine's efficiency and ensure energy efficient and seamlessly integrated systems across the entire plant."

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