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Just hematite, apatite and phosphorus, which is mined there for over hundred years already. What is new that they decided to use the new other minerals than iro
by rurban 4y ago
Just hematite, apatite and phosphorus, which is mined there for over hundred years already. What is new that they decided to use the new other minerals than iron ore from apatite, mainly Titan, and they'd need phosporus for fertilisers. There's also lot of V (Vanadium) needed for steel.
This Per Geijer deposite (already mined since the late 1800's) is close to the old and new Kiirunavaara mine.
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Sketch-map-of-the-geology-of-the-Kiruna-area-Per-Geijer-deposits-are-marked-in-red_fig1_340023132 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Sketch-map-of-the-geolog...