Ian R. Coles, head of global mining practice at Mayer Brown, delves into mining exploration and exploitation in Greenland.

If you had the chance to read one of my previous articles titled Rare Earth Minerals and China's Global Dominance, you'd see how much China dominates in possessing these rare earth mineral deposits of gold in their soil.

Greenland is about to launch a call for tender for the construction and operation of two hydropower plants in the southwestern part of the country. The two plants will have an expected capacity of approx.