Riches thought to lie beneath Greenland have been coveted for more than a century – but how easy are they to access, and will climate change make any difference
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European Commission will open office in Greenland, made strategically important by rare resources and melting ice
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Norway defends deep-sea mining, says it may help to break China and Russia's rare earths stronghold
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China exports of gallium and germanium, used in manufacture of semiconductors, fell to zero in August
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How deep-sea mining for EV materials could wipe out tuna populations
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Digging into India's drive to acquire critical minerals
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A massive seventy billion tonne underground deposit of high-grade phosphate rock has been discovered in Norway
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Norway may soon open waters in the Arctic and sub-Arctic to sea floor mining – growing demand for important minerals, including copper and nickel
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Greenland is ground zero for the impacts of climate change, but it could also become ground zero for sourcing the metals needed to power the solution to the crisis
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Arctic island finds green power can be a curse – Greenland's rare-earth elements are attracting superpowers riding a green revolution
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Brexit fishing row evokes memories of 'cod wars' with Iceland – four Royal Navy patrol ships will be ready from 1st January to help protect UK fishing waters
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Growing number of unexpected arrivals in Arctic waters around Greenland – shrinking sea ice has fast-tracked a race among powers for control over resources and waterways
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United States seeks to change the rules for mining the Moon
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There are no known commodity resources in space that could be sold on Earth
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Denmark has for the first time put mineral-rich Greenland top of its national security agenda, ahead of terrorism and cybercrime
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Will damming this river lead to war?
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Water security: Iraq’s upstream vulnerabilities
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Water scarcity stirs debate over who owns Brazil's rivers
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The Arctic is melting. Here’s why cooperation and diplomacy get so complicated.
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