Greenland has the world’s largest undeveloped deposits of rare-earth metals.
Apr 6th, 2021
A wall of election posters for candidates of the upcoming election to Greenland parliament, in Nuuk, Greenland, Tuesday March 30, 2021. The autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland, will hold an election to its Parliament consisting of 31 members, on April 6, 2021.
Emil Helms/Ritzau via AP
HELSINKI (AP) Greenland is holding an early parliamentary election Tuesday focused in part on whether the semi-autonomous Danish territory should allow international companies to mine the sparsely populated Arctic island s substantial deposits of rare-earth metals..
Lawmakers agreed on a snap election after the center-right Democrats pulled out of Greenland s three-party governing coalition in February, leaving the government led by the center-left Forward party with a minority in the national assembly, the 31-seat Inatsisartut.
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