Greenland is believed to hold significant deposits of rare-earth elements. Mining them, however, is another story.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of a facility in Greenland, the world's largest island, on January 13, 2026. (Anadolu/Contributor via Getty Images) ...

President Donald Trump has been voicing interest in exploiting Greenland’s mineral wealth since his first term in office, ...

In Greenland, environmental regulation and local political decisions have delayed or halted mining projects that are often ...

Greenland, the largest island in the world, is grabbing attention once again. U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in buying the island from Denmark. He argued that ...

Mining companies with projects based in Greenland, the Arctic island at the center of a political firestorm between the U.S. and Europe, have seen share prices surge in 2026. Following the capture of ...

Most people think of Greenland as a frozen wasteland. The reality buried beneath all that ice tells a completely different story. 5 million metric tons of rare earth reserves according to the USGS, it ...

CNN — New York (CNN) — Greenland’s untapped mineral wealth has helped land the island at the top of President Donald Trump’s empire-building wish list. Trump officials view Greenland’s underground ...

Lukas Slothuus receives funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The US is sabre-rattling over Greenland once again. The vast island’s natural resources are back on the ...