Sources (asterisks denote added sources):
Moratorium on Greenland mining – 141 NGOs
*Friends of the Earth Europe funding:
European Commission, European Parliament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands), Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (Germany), Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Wallace Foundation
Stranglehold: The Context, Conduct and Consequences of an American Naval Blockade of China
Offshore Control: A Proposed Strategy for an Unlikely Conflict
US lobbied Greenland rare earths developer Tanbreez not to sell to China
Supply chain for defence industries
Rare earths make up more than 25% of the Tanbreez deposit, which gives it a big advantage in providing the minerals most critical for national defence.
Heavy rare earths such as dysprosium, terbium and gadolinium are indispensable for advanced military hardware, including F-35 fighter jets, Aegis destroyers, and submarines.
A single Aegis destroyer requires more than 5,200 pounds of rare earths, while an F-35 Fighter jet incorporates over 500 pounds.
Such quantities demonstrate how important it is to unlock alternative supply sources like Tanbreez to meet escalating defence needs.
China’s control of more than 90% of global rare earth production has given it a decisive advantage in critical industries.
The aforementioned export restrictions by Beijing on gallium and germanium, vital to industrial and defence manufacturing, only served to highlight the vulnerability of global supply chains.
Such decisions are bringing projects like Tanbreez into focus as central to supply diversification for rare earths, reducing dependence on a single and potentially capricious producer.
Links from previous posts:
2022: US to Appoint New Arctic Ambassador With Eye on Russia
Melting ice will change the economics of extracting resources from the Arctic
2022: Army poised to revamp Alaska forces to prep for Arctic fight
2020: The Arctic Is America’s Next Theater For The Dual Containment Of Russia & China
2020: U.S. Again Trying to Control Greenland to Dominate Arctic
2020: The USA uses soft-power tactics on Greenland and Faroe Islands
Pompeo visits Denmark after diplomatic spat over Greenland
2020: U.S. Aid To Greenland Looks To Counter Russian, Chinese Influence In Arctic
2019: Why Greenland is Really About China
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