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Politics
Lisa Martin

Greenland vote buoys Australian rare earth miner

An Australian rare earth minerals project mired in legal dispute in Greenland could be resuscitated, with voters on the Arctic island throwing their support behind business- and mining-friendly interests.  

Supercharging the election and making independence from Denmark the hot-button issue, was US President Donald Trump's declared interest in taking control of the mineral-rich Danish territory "one way or the other".

The campaign was run amid a web of geopolitical tensions including new American tariffs on steel and aluminium levelled at several countries including Australia. 

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