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Rare Earth Mining Centre Stage As Greenland Votes By Christian SOLBECK, with Camille BAS-WOHLERT in Copenhagen 04/06/21 AT 11:41 AM Greenland went to the polls Tuesday after an election campaign focused on a disputed mining project in the autonomous Danish territory, as the Arctic island confronts the impact of global warming. Snow fell over the capital Nuuk as voters queued at polling stations, with roughly 40,000 people eligible to vote in the legislative elections. Greenlands two main pa...

Article content An exploration camp set up by Greenland Minerals on a proposed rare earth mine near Narsaq, July 21, 2012. Photo by Postmedia News archives Their supermagnetic, superconductive properties are used in everything from iPhones and solar panels to hybrid cars and weapons systems. Yet while they are key to a high-tech, low-carbon world, extracting them can be an environmentally-hazardous process — a point not lost on Greenland’s residents, some of whom are sceptical of promise...

Greenlanders are bracing for a snap election that is being viewed as a referendum on a controversial mine that has not yet opened. Kvanefjeld, the rare-earth mineral project near Narsaq in southern Greenland, has divided the political system for more than a decade, and is of significant importance to the global mining industry. The small town Narsaq in the south of Greenland [Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images]Greenland Minerals, an Australian company, owns the site an...

WORLD / EUROPE Arctic mining takes center stage in Greenland election By AFP Published: Apr 05, 2021 08:53 PM Greenland votes Tuesday in legislative elections largely seen as a referendum on a controversial mining project that would help diversify the Arctic islands economy as it plans for a future altered by global warming. The work of U.S. military photographers in 2020, when U.S. service members continued to conduct around-the-clock training and operations worldwide to ensure the nation...

Arctic mining takes centre stage in Greenland election Issued on: 04/04/2021 - 04:02 Mineral-rich Nuuk is keen to attract foreign investment Emil Helms Ritzau Scanpix/AFP 4 min Nuuk (AFP) Greenland votes Tuesday in legislative elections largely seen as a referendum on a controversial mining project that would help diversify the Arctic islands economy as it plans for a future altered by global warming. The autonomous Danish territory obtained ownershi...

04 Apr 2021 / 11:12 H. Katuaq, Greenland’s House of Culture in Nuuk, Greenland, is pictured on March 31, 2021, days before parliamentary elections. - AFP NUUK: The exploitation of mineral resources has taken centre stage in the lead-up to Tuesday’s parliamentary elections in Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory. The world’s largest island is facing numerous challenges, from a changing landscape due to global warming to disagreements over natural resources, and superpowers vying fo...

Arctic mining takes center stage in Greenland election Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If youre not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Independent fisherman Lars Heilmann fishes for halibut in the Nuuk Fjord, near Nuuk, Greenland on March 20. | AFP-JIJI AFP-Jiji Apr 4, 2021 Nuuk, Greenland – Greenland votes Tuesday in legislative elections largely seen as a referendum on a controversial mining projec...

Inuits, Vikings, no Covid dead: Five things to know about Greenland Issued on: 04/04/2021 - 04:06 The worlds largest island is facing numerous challenges, from a changing landscape due to global warming to disagreements over natural resources Christian KLINDT SOLBECK AFP 4 min Nuuk (AFP) The exploitation of mineral resources has taken centre stage in the lead-up to Tuesdays parliamentary elections in Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory. The worl...

Greenlands Inuit youth in search of new identity Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If youre not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Electoral posters are displayed ahead of the April 6 parliamentary election, in Nuuk, Greenland. | RITZAU SCANPIX / VIA REUTERS AFP-JIJI Apr 4, 2021 Nuuk, Greenland – Her traditional hand and face markings a sign of Inuit pride, Seqininnguaq Lynge Poulsen is part of a new ...

Superpowers eye Greenland vote in scramble for Earths treasures Locals will decide fate of China-backed rare mineral project that could change the island forever Credit: EMIL HELMS /AFP AS elections go, it sounds rather minor-league: a contest with just 40,000 voters, triggered by a planning row in one of the most remote, inhospitable corners of the planet. On Tuesday, though, diplomats from Washington to Beijing will be watching carefully as Greenland holds snap parliamentary polls. With a to...