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boem@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year ago

Norway discovers Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals

www.cnbc.com

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Norway discovers Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals

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boem@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year ago
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Alf Reistad, CEO of Rare Earths Norway, told CNBC that the discovery represents a "great milestone" for the company.
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  • Th4tGuyII@fedia.io
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    Can Norway start handing out some of those resource W’s to the rest of Europe please? They’re playing civilisation on easy mode here

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      Norway and the US are using hacks. Whenever there’s a shortage of something, a farmer in Bumfucksville, Iowa or fisherman in Bømføkstad, Norway finds some immense reserve of it.

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        Bømføkstad lmao

      • nehal3m@sh.itjust.works
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        deleted by creator

    • ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
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      Haha Sovereign Wealth Fund money printer goes Brrr.

      • llothar@lemmy.ml
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        The fund owns 1.5% og the world traded stocks. Madness.

        • ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
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          It looks like madness because it’s something that’s almost completely absent from politics around the world: thinking past the next election!

          Ok, the government has this oil money what should we do with it? Give everyone tax cuts? Build giant vanity projects? Throw a year-long nation-wide party with a kilo of cocaine for every household?

          Nope, let’s invest it into a government owned diverse market fund so the social security of our citizens is sound for generations to come.

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            Took them an oil crisis (70s) to figure this out to be fair.

        • SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works
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          And it pays for public pensions. I see that as an absolute win. If there’s going to be exploitation of the working class, at least let it be to care for old bums.

    • Crampon@lemmy.world
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      Ye no. We lived here for 12000 years mostly in poverty and conflict.

      Only the last 60 years have been good. And people want us to get fucked for it.

      • devnev@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Then can you stop killing whales at least?

      • Guy Ingonito@reddthat.com
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        No way Norway

      • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zip
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        Yeah this is why norway should have stayed as a part of sweden /s

        • Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com
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          Sweden should invade Norway, then capitulate and get absorbed into all their wealth.

          We have volvo and saab! And Ikea!

    • ziggurat@lemmy.world
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      The rare resources were not uncovered on the map before the technologies to use them were researched

  • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
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    Thumbnail makes it look like they were under somebody’s bed

  • A_A@lemmy.world
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    2024 June 7
    (…) After three years of targeted exploration, REN calculated this week a JORC-compliant inferred resource of 559 million tonnes at 1.57% total rare earth oxides (TREO). This means that the Fen carbonatite complex contains 8.8 million tonnes TREO with a reasonable prospect for eventual economic extraction, the company said. (…)
    https://www.mining.com/rare-earths-norway-says-its-ree-discovery-is-europes-largest/

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      https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/minerals/mineral-resources-and-advice/australian-resource-reviews/rare-earth-elements “The group of metals referred to as rare earth elements (REE) comprises the 15 elements of the lanthanide series. Metals in the lanthanide series are: lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium ™, ytterbium (Yb) and lutetium (Lu). In addition, yttrium (Y) and scandium (Sc) are often grouped with the lanthanides and referred to as REE.”

      • A_A@lemmy.world
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        Very good yes … and since all these are quite valuable, this few million ton’s discovery is likely to be worth tens of trillions (€ or $)

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    Suck it, Sweden, you’re no longer number one in Europe!

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    Can somebody explain what rare earth and metals we are talking about? Why does the article not mention that?

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      Rare earth metals are typically all found in the same ores.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_element

  • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
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    Norway about to get richer again!

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    China joins the chat.

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    I heard Norway needs a little more freedom

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      • Skua@kbin.earth
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        Well RIP Norway I guess, seeing as it’s the world’s 13th biggest oil producer

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