Greenland holds election closely watched by global mining industry

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Greenland holds a parliamentary election on Tuesday that could help decide the fate of vast deposits of rare earth metals which international companies want to exploit.

The Arctic island of 56,000 people, which former U.S. President Donald Trump offered to buy in 2019 only to be told it was not for sale, is part of the Kingdom of Denmark but has broad autonomy.

But concern in Greenland is mounting about the potential environmental impact of plans to build a large mining complex at Kvanefjeld in the south of the island, a site that contains uranium as well as neodymium. Support from Siumut helped secure preliminary approval for the Kvanefjeld project, which is licensed to Australian Greenland Minerals, in which Chinese Shenghe Resources is the biggest shareholder.

 

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Is this why Trump wanted to buy it?

RT : Greenland holds election closely watched by global mining industry

Having concerns about rare metal mining damaging the environment, when climate change is what’s making the mining feasible is a Möbius strip of greed and arrogance.

MINE!!! I'll decide when time comes. DanishMFA World😎

You should be careful for fraud elections , highly populated countries is a mess 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

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