Posted on 10/25/2013 11:22:23 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Greenland’s parliament voted on Thursday (24 October) to end a decades-long prohibition on mining for radioactive materials like uranium, further opening up the country to investors from Australia and China eager to tap its vast mineral resources.
The move will not only allow the mining of uranium deposits, but also of rare earths, minerals used in 21st century products from wind turbines to hybrid cars and smart phones and that are currently mostly extracted by China.
With sea ice thawing and new Arctic shipping routes opening, the former Cold War ally of the West has emerged from isolation and gained geopolitical attention from the likes of Beijing and Brussels thanks to its untapped mineral wealth. …
(Excerpt) Read more at euractiv.com ...
Yup....go ahead and lease out those mineral rights...just in time for the coming ice age. Brilliant!
Rare earth, huh? Greenlanders better get ready, ‘cause here they come!
ARGH!
You beat me to it!
:-)
Not this year. What planet is the writer referring to?
...to end a decades-long prohibition on mining for radioactive materials like uranium, further opening up the country to investors from Australia and China eager to tap its vast mineral resources.Beats workin' for a living. Hey, maybe they should start to welcome Islamic yoots to their verdant coastline...
I just want to celebrate,
Another source of Lanthanum . . .
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