N ORSE LEGEND has it that the dwarves Brokkr and Eitri forged Mjolnir, Thor’s hammer, after Loki bet they could not match the skill of the Sons of Ivaldi, who had made Odin’s spear. Nowadays metallurgical rivalry in Europe’s far north is just as intense. Until recently the world’s largest known deposits of ultra-pure phosphate rock were on Russia’s Kola peninsula. Russia also has rich reserves of vanadium and titanium. But last month Norge Mining, an Anglo-Norwegian company, announced it had found massive deposits of all three in south-western Norway: at least 70bn tonnes.
N Orse Legend认为，矮人Brokkr和Eitri伪造了Thor的Hammer Mjolnir，Loki Bet赌注后，他们无法与曾经做过Odin Spear的Ivaldi儿子的技巧相匹配。如今，欧洲遥远北部的冶金竞争也同样激烈。直到最近，全球最大的超石磷酸岩石矿床仍在俄罗斯的科拉半岛上。俄罗斯还拥有丰富的钒和钛储备。但是上个月，盎格鲁 - 诺维格式公司Norge Mining宣布，它已经在挪威西南部发现了这三个人的大量存款：至少700亿吨。
