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I guess Greenland is not a red line for the UK, already manufacturing consent

BBC’s OUTRAGEOUS Greenland Reporting - This Is RIDICULOUS

Probably hoping to get better deals with the US as Greenland doesn't want to extract

https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/10/race-greenlands-rare-earth-minerals-heating-uk-should-work-europe-sustainable-strategy

Last week, the UK government announced fresh trade negotiations with Greenland, the day after European leaders, including Keir Starmer, gathered in Copenhagen for the European Political Community Summit. Alongside talks over reducing tariffs on seafood imports, the British government said it ‘will seek to strengthen cooperation on critical minerals.

’The UK is entering a crowded field, with the US and the EU competing with China to access Greenland’s rare earths as they attempt to diversify away from Beijing’s dominance of the global critical minerals supply chain.

Greenland is refusing to play ball raping the Earth further:

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/greenlands-rich-largely-untapped-mineral-resources-2025-01-13/

The extraction of oil and natural gas is banned in Greenland for environmental reasons, and development of its mining sector has been snarled in red tape and opposition from indigenous people.

Fearing toxic waste, Greenland ended uranium mining. Now, they could be forced to restart - or pay $11bn

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/05/greenland-mining-energy-transition-minerals-environmental-laws-uranium-rare-earth-toxic-waste-investor-state-dispute-settlement-isds-aoe


https://poulschmith.com/stay-updated/arbitration-tribunal-rules-in-favour-of-the-government-of-greenland-in-billion-dollar-claim

After more than three years, the arbitration tribunal has ruled in favour of Naalakkersuisut, the Government of Greenland, that the issue of a licence to exploit rare minerals at Mount Kuannersuit is not arbitrable and that the Danish State cannot be a party to the case. The case was brought by Greenland Minerals, owned by the Australian mining company Energy Transition Minerals Ltd, with a claim for damages of USD 7.5 billion. We represented Naalakkersuisut and the Danish State in the case.

Resource wars are heating up, that's what it's all about

https://www.newsweek.com/map-greenland-rare-earth-minerals-compare-world-11320396

Greenland possesses some of the world's largest untapped reserves of rare earth elements (REEs)—minerals critical to modern technologies, clean energy transitions, and defense systems. As the global demand for these materials surges, Greenland's strategic importance as an alternative source grows. 



Trump wants to open Greenland rare earth minerals mining for US, UK and Australia...