Norwegian town of Ulefoss sits on top of a rare earth deposit – the reserves could help to reduce the EU's dependency on China for the elements needed in tech such as phones ~enviro Article 1070 words 6 votes
Companies keen to start deep-sea mining off Norway – despite delays that will now see the first licences awarded, a year later than planned, in 2026 ~enviro Article 658 words 9 votes
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 ~enviro climate change Article 1116 words 7 votes
Mining firm Rare Earths Norway says it has discovered Europe's largest proven deposit of highly prized rare earth elements ~enviro Article 14 votes
European Commission will open office in Greenland, made strategically important by rare resources and melting ice ~enviro climate change Article 818 words 7 votes
Norway defends deep-sea mining, says it may help to break China and Russia's rare earths stronghold ~enviro Article 9 votes
China exports of gallium and germanium, used in manufacture of semiconductors, fell to zero in August ~tech security.national Article 25 votes
How deep-sea mining for EV materials could wipe out tuna populations ~enviro pollution Article 9 votes
Digging into India's drive to acquire critical minerals ~enviro sustainability climate change Article 1408 words, published Jul 15 2023 5 votes
A massive seventy billion tonne underground deposit of high-grade phosphate rock has been discovered in Norway ~science Article 442 words 16 votes
Norway may soon open waters in the Arctic and sub-Arctic to sea floor mining – growing demand for important minerals, including copper and nickel ~enviro Link 10 votes
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 ~enviro climate change Article 4 votes
Arctic island finds green power can be a curse – Greenland's rare-earth elements are attracting superpowers riding a green revolution ~enviro energy.renewable Article 2274 words 11 votes
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 ~news denmark.greenland usa russia china Article 1755 words 5 votes
United States seeks to change the rules for mining the Moon ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 918 words 6 votes
There are no known commodity resources in space that could be sold on Earth ~space Article 1896 words, published Aug 27 2019 13 votes
Denmark has for the first time put mineral-rich Greenland top of its national security agenda, ahead of terrorism and cybercrime ~news denmark.greenland politics Article 873 words 10 votes
The Arctic is melting. Here’s why cooperation and diplomacy get so complicated. ~enviro climate change energy Article 1176 words 7 votes