Reuters • 2021-04-07

Left-wing party wins Greenland election, opposes big mining project

Greenland's left-wing Inuit Ataqatigiit party pledged its opposition to a large rare earth mining project on Wednesday after winning a parliamentary election with more than a third of the votes.

Sky News • 2021-04-07

Climate change: Arctic mining scheme in doubt as opponents win snap election in Greenland

The largely ice-covered island has the world's largest undeveloped deposits of rare-earth metals, according to geologists.

Reuters • 2021-04-06

Polls close in Greenland election closely watched by global mining industry

Voting stations closed in Greenland on Tuesday evening in a snap election that could unseat the ruling party and help decide the fate of vast deposits of rare earth metals that international companies want to exploit.