Greenland has become a point of interest for several countries, including the United States and China. This interest comes at a time when Greenland’s government faces difficult decisions about the island’s future. Those decisions include whether to approve large mining projects. Greenland has large amounts of resources known as ‘rare earth’ metals. These metals are used to create equipment for electric vehicles, combat aircraft, weapons systems and many kinds of electronics. Greenland has what the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) calls the world’s biggest undeveloped deposits of rare earth metals. Deposit is a term that means an amount of a resource, like a mineral, that exists in the ground. Most of Greenland, the world’s largest island, is north of the Arctic Circle.
Title: Greenland Faces Hard Decisions about Rare Earth Mineral Mining
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4945/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Greenland Faces Hard Decisions about Rare Earth Mineral Mining' data-article-id='5469'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10479'>Greenland has become a point of interest for several countries, including the United States and China.</span> <span data-start-time='10479' data-end-time='20042'>This interest comes at a time when Greenland’s government faces difficult decisions about the island’s future.</span> <span data-start-time='20042' data-end-time='26188'>Those decisions include whether to approve large mining projects.</span> <span data-start-time='26188' data-end-time='32958'>Greenland has large amounts of resources known as ‘rare earth’ metals.</span> <span data-start-time='32958' data-end-time='45229'>These metals are used to create equipment for electric vehicles, combat aircraft, weapons systems and many kinds of electronics.</span> <span data-start-time='45229' data-end-time='55667'>Greenland has what the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) calls the world’s biggest undeveloped deposits of rare earth metals.</span> <span data-start-time='55667' data-end-time='63854'>Deposit is a term that means an amount of a resource, like a mineral, that exists in the ground.</span> <span data-start-time='63854' data-end-time='70042'>Most of Greenland, the world’s largest island, is north of the Arctic Circle.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4945/the_storage_of_rare_earth_metals.wav'><span>the storage of rare earth metals</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4945/the_extraction_of_valuable_minerals_or_other_materials_from_the_earth.wav'><span>the extraction of valuable minerals or other materials from the earth</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4945/the_selling_of_equipment.wav'><span>the selling of equipment</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4945/a_play_that_does_not_use_spoken_word.wav'><span>a play that does not use spoken word</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=16978 data-hint-location='45229' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4945/what_country_has_the_largest_undeveloped_deposits_of_rare_earth_metals.wav'>What country has the largest, undeveloped deposits of rare earth metals?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Greenland'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4945/china_.wav'><span>China </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4945/united_states.wav'><span>United States</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4945/greenland.wav'><span>Greenland</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4945/new_zealand.wav'><span>New Zealand</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=16979 data-hint-location='26188' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4945/greenland_has_large_amounts_of_resources_known_as__blank_.wav'>Greenland has large amounts of resources known as <span class='blank'>rare earth metals</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='rare earth metals'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4945/rare_earth_metals.wav'><span>rare earth metals</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4945/limestone.wav'><span>limestone</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4945/rare_gemstones.wav'><span>rare gemstones</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4945/petroleum_reserves.wav'><span>petroleum reserves</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button 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