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Greenlands snap election exposes global mineral demand The proposed mining site is only a few kilometres from Narsaq, a town of 1,350 people in southern Greenland. The project has divided Greenland into two bitterly opposed camps for more than 10 years (Photo: Wikimedia) Copenhagen, 25. Feb, 07:10 A parliamentary election unexpectedly called for in Greenland for 6 April now threatens to impact the access of European industries to minerals that are vital for Europes green transition. As the ele...

(MENAFN - AFP) A rare earth mining project in Greenland has reignited dreams of the autonomous Arctic territorys full independence from Denmark one day, but environmentalists fear large-scale mining could harm the remote islands pristine landscape. The planned project has also wreaked political havoc. On Tuesday, Greenlands parliament voted in favour of holding new elections at an as-yet undecided date in the spring, after a junior party quit the coalition government over disagreement about t...

A rare earth mining project in Greenland has reignited dreams of the autonomous Arctic territory’s full independence from Denmark one day, but environmentalists fear large-scale mining could harm the remote island’s pristine landscape. The planned project has also wreaked political havoc. On Tuesday, Greenland’s parliament voted in favour of holding new elections at an as-yet undecided date in the spring, after a junior party quit the coalition government over disagreement about the mine....

A rare earth mining project in Greenland has reignited dreams of the autonomous arctic territory’s full independence from Denmark, but environmentalists fear that large-scale mining could harm the remote island’s pristine landscape. The planned project has also wreaked political havoc. On Tuesday, Greenland’s parliament voted in favor of new elections at an as-yet undecided date in the spring, after a junior party quit the coalition government over disagreement about the mine. Greenland, w...

Estonians to sail to the Arctic to draw attention to climate change By 261shares In the summer of 2021, a group of Estonian sailors and scientists are planning a sailing trip to the Arctic; the purpose of the trip is to draw attention to climate change in the region. From July to October, the sailors and scientists will attempt to cross both the Northeast and the Northwest Passage. So far, only two sailing yachts have managed to do this by sailing from Murmansk to Pond Inlet within one navi...

By Dr A. Adityanjee The Arctic region is home to almost four million inhabitants, of which approximately one-tenth are indigenous people. The United States Geological Survey estimates that up to 25-30% of the world’s remaining oil and natural gas resources might be held within the Arctic Region. The five littoral states, Canada, Russia, USA (Alaska), Denmark (Greenland) and Norway, have competing claims over the Arctic. Together with the five Arctic littoral states, three regional states, Fin...

Water brand transforms Nuuk  Do you want to build a water brand? Let it blow, let it blow. Can’t hold it back anymore. February 10, 2021 Inspired by the purity of ice and its formations, Sidel’s art designers have created the Nuuk bottle concept, a 100 per cent recycled PET container for fjord-sourced premium water brands. Taking its name from Greenland’s capital and the fjords that make it famous, the 500ml container has an asymmetric shape that appears to be a… TO CONTINUE READING, ...

Photo Credit: Sidel Greenland was settled by Vikings from Iceland in the 10th century, and their reign lasted until sometime in the 15th century, when rapidly cooling temperatures appear to have driven them away. But their legacy lives on, most recently in the design of a new, 100 per cent recycled PET (rPET) bottle from bottling equipment maker Sidel. Called the “NUUK” – named for the 10 th century Norse capital settlement in Greenland known as Nuuk – the 500-ml bottle concept draws in...

Gabriel Leigh Air Greenland is one of the world’s more intriguing airlines, and not only because of its distinctive red color scheme. Partly it may have to do with the fact that your average person rarely sees an Air Greenland plane. That’s because it’s mostly a domestic airline, with just one regularly scheduled longer connection to Copenhagen. The fact that it has just one A330, dedicated to the Copenhagen missions, is also unique. Then there’s the fact that a number of its domestic s...