
Greenland Has Tons of Minerals. So Where Are All the Miners?
from The Journal.
by The Wall Street Journal & Gimlet
Published: Thu Mar 20 2025
Show Notes
Greenland could satisfy the world’s hunger for minerals, if miners could just start digging. WSJ’s Sune Rasmussen explains why Greenland’s minerals remain mostly untapped, and what bringing these rare earths to the surface could mean to the global supply chain.
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