Greenland Untapped: Breaking China's Mineral Monopoly

Trump's Greenland purchase plan is back in the headlines.

The reason? A supply crisis, for the minerals that power our world. Greenland holds 10% of global rare earth deposits - minerals that China currently monopolizes and just banned from export to the US.

This research was funded by the Pulitzer Center.

SPECIAL THANKS:
Heather Exner-Pirot
Adam Lajeunesse
Jørgen Hammeken-Holm
Christine Spolar

The music for this video, created by composer Tom Fox.

SOURCES:
USGS, IEA
QGreenland
Greenland Minerals Portal
Greenland Ministry of Mineral Resources

ABOUT:
I'm a Pulitzer data journalism grantee and an alumni of the Columbia Journalism school, currently working as a staff visual journalist for the Swiss media 20 Minuten.

Available for collaborations with independent journalists or scientists with ideas for data stories, contact me: mailto:tom@buriedsignals.com