As for China’s involvement in mining and infrastructure projects in the island country, such as the Kuannersuit uranium mining project and the Isua iron ore project, they’ve all been put on hold or terminated at the preliminary stage.
“Overtime we have seen several mining projects that had Chinese involvement, but more U.S. interests in Greenland have kind of phased China out,” Nielsen said. He also acknowledged international concerns about the country securing a near monopoly on rare earth minerals in general, and cautioned against dependency.