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Greenland mining permits, projects, and investments in 2025
A small clutch of firms — both local operators and foreign juniors — currently hold Greenland mining permits or run active projects, notably Amaroq Minerals (Nalunaq), Lumina Sustainable Materials (Wh...
Greenland’s population in early 2026 is estimated at roughly 55,600–57,000 people, with most mainstream counters clustering around 55,600–55,800 based on recent United Nations and World Bank–derived s...
Greenland’s mining regime centralizes permitting through new Mining Act and the Mineral Resources Act, requires environmental impact assessments and sometimes social sustainability assessments before ...
Greenland’s corporate landscape is anchored by a handful of large, visible players in fishing, air transport and public administration — notably Royal Greenland, Naalakkersuisut and Air Greenland — wh...
The shorthand claim that “75% of Americans oppose the U.S. attempting to take control of Greenland” is broadly true when the question explicitly concerns using military force — multiple polls show rou...
Sustaining military operations in Greenland’s Arctic environment collides with brutal weather, scant infrastructure, and high strategic stakes that force allies to trade mobility for vulnerability, an...
’s land is largely held and managed through leasehold and concession arrangements rather than widespread freehold sales, with residential and commercial leases commonly issued for multi‑decadal terms ...
A 50% cut in the Danish block grant would produce an immediate fiscal hole equivalent to roughly one-quarter of Greenland’s current public revenues—because the grant supplies about 50–51% of governmen...
Greenland’s new law sharply limits foreigners’ ability to acquire property or land-use rights — requiring non-Danish citizens and foreign companies to have been permanent residents and tax residents f...
The 2009 Act on Greenland Self‑Government transfers primary authority over land, subsurface and mineral resources to Greenland’s own authorities—granting legislative and executive powers to Inatsisart...
Local Greenlandic communities mobilized both politically and legally against the proposed Kvanefjeld mine by turning public opposition into parliamentary law, using local campaigning and referendums t...
Greenland’s political and business leaders are actively courting foreign capital to build mines and the infrastructure that would make extraction viable, framing investment as essential to economic de...