Norge Mining And ABB To Design Electric Mine In Norway

Norge Mining recently announced that it has discovered up to 70 billion tonnes of a mineralised igneous phosphate rock at the new mine site in southern Norway, known as the Bjerkreim-Sokndal Layered Intrusion site.

The deposit contains large resources of phosphate, titanium, vanadium and subsequently phosphorus – four key EU-designated critical raw minerals.

ABB and Norge Mining will explore electrification of the future mining and downstream operations, including control system options, to provide a complete overview of the mine and integrate advanced operations.

The ABB study will address electrification, automation and digitalisation. ABB’s recommendations will also focus on low-energy consumption within mine operations.