Controversial mining project cancelled in wake of Greenland elections

Greenland’s main opposition party, the Community of the People party (Inuit Ataqatigiit) celebrated last night, after they won a majority in a snap election. This result means that a controversial Australian-Chinese  rare metals mining project in the south of the territory will be cancelled. The World’s Marco Werman shares the news.

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