EU SEEKS MORE LEVERAGE OVER GREENLAND METAL MINERAL PROJECTS
June 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
The European Commission and Greenland have signed a letter of intent that could increase the role of European Union (EU) metal and mining companies in the development of Greenlandic metal and other mineral resources.
The autonomous north Atlantic territory has a wealth of deposits being explored. There is a gold and silver mine in Nalunaq, southern Greenland, operated by Britain's Angel Mining. And there are plans to start production at a lead/zinc mine in Maarmorilik, northwest Greenland, this year, and also to open a molybdenum mine in ...
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