The gradual yet relentless melting of ice in the region as a result of climate change is opening up Arctic shipping routes ...

Having declared itself a “Near Arctic Power,” China has placed considerable investments in scientific research, as well as mineral and oil and gas extraction. Equally important is the prospect ...

Danita Delimont / Getty Images ... of rare minerals in the region's ore is relatively low—between 1% and 6%—making extraction more costly and technically challenging. The harsh Arctic climate ...

The 2009 Act on Greenland Self-Government gave Greenlanders authority over a number of new sectors including mineral ... and Arctic Canada have become increasingly connected by shipping routes ...

Twenty-five of the 34 minerals ... s Arctic white paper published in 2018. The document described an envisioned “Polar Silk Road” through developing the Arctic shipping routes, while also ...

In 2019, then-President Donald Trump suggested the United States “buy Greenland” — as a matter of national security. Now in office again, Trump has continued to push for acquisition of the island, ...

Melting sea ice is generating an emerging Arctic economy. Nations bordering the Arctic are drilling for oil and gas, and mining, shipping ... from the energy and mineral resources is in the ...

Situated along major shipping routes through the Arctic, Greenland occupies a strategic ... but Greenland could also be a source of critical minerals like copper, cobalt, lithium, and rare earth ...