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Voters stand in line to cast ballots Tuesday for Greenlands parliamentary elections at a polling station in the capital. Image: Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images Voters in Greenland have given an opposition party its first-ever chance to form a government after a campaign that sought to define the limits of development on the Arctic island. The Inuit Ataqatigiit party won 37% of the vote, compared with 29% for the ruling social-democratic Siumut party, according to official results...

Climate change: Arctic mining scheme in doubt as opponents win snap election in Greenland A major mining project in Greenland aimed at exploiting the Arctic islands huge untapped mineral resources has been thrown into doubt following a snap election. The main opposition Inuit Ataqatigiit (Community of the People) party, which is against the scheme at Kvanefjeld that holds one of the worlds largest deposits of rare-earth metals, has become the biggest in parliament following the poll...

Greenland’s main opposition party, which is against an international mining project involving uranium and other metals on the Arctic island, has emerged as the biggest party after winning more than a third of votes in an early parliamentary election, according to initial results. With nearly all votes counted Wednesday, the left-leaning Community of the People party (Inuit Ataqatigiit) had secured 37% of the votes, entitling it to 12 seats in the Greenlandic national assembly, the 31-seat Ina...

Left-wing party opposed to mining project wins Greenland vote AFP/The Local AFP/The Local 09:54 CEST A left-wing environmentalist party opposed to a controversial mining project won a clear victory in Greenlands parliamentary election, according to results released Wednesday. With 36.6 percent of the vote, Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) was ahead of Siumut, a social democratic party that has dominated politics in the Danish territory since it gained autonomy in 1979. “Thank you to the people who tr...

Greenland Voters Go Green in Rejecting Pro-Mining Government Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Morten Buttler © Photographer: EMIL HELMS/AFP Members of the IA (Inuit Ataqatigiit) party in Nuuk, on April 6, 2021. (Bloomberg) -- Voters in Greenland ousted a government that wanted to attract foreign companies eager to tap the island’s rare-earth metals. Popular Searches The opposition Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) was set to take 37% of the 31-seat parliament, based on an early vote count of Tue...

The Inuit Ataqatigiit party won 37% of the vote, compared with 29% for the ruling social-democratic Siumut party, according to official results reported by Reuters. The vote totals should allow Inuit Ataqatigiit to grab 12 seats in the 31-member unicameral legislature, known as the Inatsisartut, meaning it will likely need to form a coalition with support from one of the smaller parties. At the center of Tuesdays election was the fate of a rare-earth and uranium mining project in the countrys s...

It also contains uranium. "The people have spoken," IA leader Múte Egede, 34, told broadcaster DR when asked about Kvanefjeld."It wont happen." Mikaa Mered, lecturer on Arctic affairs at HEC business school in Paris, said of the outcome: "This will without doubt hamper mining development in Greenland." While most Greenlanders see mining as an important path toward independence, the Kvanefjeld mine has been a point of contention for years, sowing deep divisions in the government and populatio...

Greenland election won by party opposed to rare earths mining project Opposition left-green party wins for only second time since island gained home rule about 4 hours ago Richard Milne Members of Inuit Ataqatigiit celebrate following the exit polls in the Greenland election in Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday. Photogrph: Emil Helms/EPA   Voters in Greenland have rejected a gover...

Greenland votes in election focused on mining debate

Greenland votes, split on rare earth metals mining The outcome of parliamentary elections could seal the fate of one of the worlds richest uranium and rare earth minerals deposits. The Kvanefjeld mine could hold the largest deposit of rare-earth metals outside China Greenlanders cast their ballots in an early parliamentary election on Tuesday. The result could decide whether the Kvanefjeld mine project gets the go-ahead in the semiautonomous Danish territory. The countrys ruling social democrat...