As the US and the West races to break China's stranglehold over rare earths production, some firms are betting that Greenland will become a new mining frontier
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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
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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
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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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Mining firm Rare Earths Norway says it has discovered Europe's largest proven deposit of highly prized rare earth elements
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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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Why does Norway want to extract seabed minerals – an explainer
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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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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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Norway's Supreme Court could set a legal precedent for control of the natural resources around the strategically important Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic
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Driftwood floats thousands of kilometers from Siberia to Iceland, but it may drift no longer by 2060 due to climate change
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Meltwater from Greenland's ice sheet is loaded with the right kind of sand for concrete production – which further warms the planet
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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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Climate explained: Why we need to focus on increased consumption as much as population growth
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Will damming this river lead to war?
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Seychelles issues world’s first blue bond to fund fisheries projects
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The ongoing water crisis in Iran's Ahwaz region looming towards disaster
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Playing by the rule -- The rule of capture
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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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