Phosphate is being mined in New Zealand for the first time in nearly 80 years, with the first truckloads delivered to farms this month.
It’s a mineral New Zealand farmers rely on for optimal animal feed, with Stats NZ data showing the country imported $26 million worth in July alone.
But it has been controversial due to human rights concerns and pollution at mine sites in Morocco and Western Sahara, the carbon footprint of shipping the product here, and price rises due to the Iran war.
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