NORGE MINERALER DEVELOPMENT AS

Europe has a structural problem with critical raw materials. For decades, the continent has imported phosphate, vanadium, and titanium from non-European countries, building supply chains that the geopolitical turbulence of recent years has made increasingly exposed. The energy transition — with its explosive demand for battery materials, green steel, and fertilisers — only deepens this dependency. Norge Mineraler Development operates on this systemic challenge, developing a new ecosystem for the responsible production of European critical raw materials, with a focus on high-quality phosphate, vanadium, and titanium extracted in Norway. The approach is that of integrated supply chain development: not simply extraction, but the construction of a production model that combines high environmental standards, supply chain traceability, and reliable delivery of raw materials to European governments and industries seeking domestic, secure alternatives to imports. Vanadium is essential for flow batteries and high-strength steel production; titanium is critical for aerospace and medical industries; phosphate is indispensable for the fertilisers that underpin global agriculture. Having reliable European sources for all three is not a question of economic optimisation — it is a question of industrial sovereignty. Norge Mineraler positions itself as a concrete response to this urgency, at a moment when European governments are finally recognising raw material security as a first-order strategic priority.