What To Know The southern portion of Greenland is rich in a number of minerals, including widely used metals and several deposits of rare earths (in red on the above map). According to a 2023 ...

Interest in Greenland’s minerals is soaring, driven in part by Trump, who has said the U.S. must “get” the island. But the ...

02-21-2025 IMPACT Greenland’s coveted resources could be more dangerous and expensive to extract with climate change. Here’s why ...

Access to Greenland's resources could help break U.S. dependency on China for rare earths. But already a Chinese state-owned company has more than a 12% stake in the Kvanefjeld deposit.

The positions in the table below reflect the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their ...

A 2007 estimate from the U.S. Geological Survey suggests that Greenland contains approximately 31.4 billion barrels of oil equivalent, including oil, gas and natural gas liquids.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump last week reiterated his interest in taking control of Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, which could be useful for the U.S. because of its ...

What might be even more appealing to Trump, however, is Greenland’s rich deposits of natural resources, said Klaus Dodds, professor of geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Greenland has ended its 50-year ambition to become an oil producing nation after announcing it would suspend a strategy of searching for oil and would stop granting exploration licences.