11h ago

Greenland signs lucrative minerals deal with Europe in blow to Trump

www.newsweek.com

Greenland has allowed a Danish-French consortium to mine a rock which is key to the production of aluminum.

The permit granted to Greenland Anorthosite Mining (GAM) to extract anorthosite follows interest in the Arctic territory from Donald Trump in acquiring the island.

GAM, which is backed by French company Jean Boulle Group and real estate investment firms bodies from Denmark and Greenland, was granted a 30-year permit, Reuters reported.

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5h ago

Greenland signs lucrative minerals deal with Europe in blow to Trump

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12h ago

Greenland signs lucrative minerals deal with Europe in blow to Trump

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10h ago

Greenland Signs Lucrative Minerals Deal with Europe in Blow to Trump

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It's almost like repeatedly bullying and threatening a nation makes them less likely cut a deal with you. Weird.
- Isn't Greenland just part of Denmark? Why would Europeans doing mineral exploration in Europe hurt America?
  I mean, would Alaska's governor opening up more of the wildlife refugee for US industrial exploitation be a "blow to Olaf Schultz"?

Greenland has allowed a Danish-French consortium to mine a rock which is key to the production of aluminum.
It's called aluminium.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorthosite
  The primary economic value of anorthosite bodies is the titanium-bearing oxide ilmenite. However, some Proterozoic anorthosite bodies have large amounts of labradorite, which is quarried for its value as both a gemstone and a building material. Archean anorthosites, because they are aluminium-rich, have large amounts of aluminium substituting for silicon; a few of these bodies are mined as ores of aluminium
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
  Aluminium (or aluminum in North American English)
- alumnum
  
  Alnimunimum
- Not bauxite?
- Ailiuimiiniiuimi.

I have to wonder: if headlines didn't specifically point out how this is a snub to Trump, would Trump even notice shit like this happening? Or understand its negative implications for him? Sometimes it feels like the news media is intentionally trying to get him riled up.
- They get a lot of eyes on their news when he goes on a rant.

I would be applauding more if I wasn’t so embarrassed to be American right now.
- don't be embarrassed to be an american. be proud. let that pride show. you've got one of the most beautiful countries on the planet. fight for her.
  
  This is the right take.

Welp, Special Military Operation inbound...

- If Bugs Bunny is involved, I'm in!

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