China's Arctic Mining Adventure Left Out in the Cold

(Beijing) – Greenland's new industry and mining minister, Jens-Erik Kirkegaard, visited China for the first time in November, just seven months after taking office. He made the intentions of his visit clear at the China Mining Conference and Exhibition in Tianjin on November 4.

"There is big room for Greenland and China to jointly explore commercial opportunities," Kirkegaard said. The minister also stated Greenland's intentions to become a natural resources exporting power.