Greenland: Facing One of History’s Great Resources Rushes … and Curses
November 3rd, 2024
Via The Economist, a look at Greenland, which sits on an astounding number of critical minerals: A billion years ago, as one tectonic plate ripped apart from another, two chambers of magma were sealed off beneath what would later become Greenland. As thousands of years passed, the magma cooled, each layer crystallising under rarefied conditions. Today […]
Read more »Time for a U.S.-Greenland Free Association Agreement?
October 24th, 2024
Via National Interest, an article examining how Greenland’s proximity and strategic position make it a promising candidate for the comprehensive economic and security arrangement enjoyed by many Pacific island nations: American security interests and Greenland’s economic aspirations necessitate an institutional partnership between the two. Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, is part of North America […]
Read more »Greenland’s Green Ammonia Opportunity
January 5th, 2023
Via The Maritime Executive, a report on Norway’s H2Carrier and Greenland’s Anori plans to develop the first commercial windfarm in Greenland, with subsequent production and export of green ammonia to international markets: Norwegian startup company H2Carrier which looks to use floating production concepts similar to the oil and gas sector to produce green ammonia announced plans […]
Read more »How Greenland’s Mineral Wealth Made It a Geopolitical Battleground
December 24th, 2022
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at how Denmark’s semi-autonomous territory is coveted by China, the United States, and global mining companies: Angutitsiaq Isbosethsen, 21, sits on a small hill close to Kangerluarsuk, a deep-frozen fjord in Kujalleq in South Greenland. His hometown, Narsaq, with 1,346 inhabitants, is 20 minutes away by boat. Isbosethsen works as a […]
Read more »What The Billionaire Club’s Run On Cobalt Means For Greenland and Africa
April 21st, 2022
Via Vanity Fair, a look at how Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and other masters of the universe are betting big on Greenland as mining in the Congo gets too dirty for even Elon Musk: As the bankers from J.P. Morgan’s London offices stepped off the two-hour private flight from Johannesburg onto the hot runway, soldiers sporting […]
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