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The new Greenland government (Naalakkersuisut) is preparing to outlaw uranium mining, reinstating and strengthening a ban that the national assembly had overturned in 2013, local media reported on 12 July. A month-long public consultation period began on 2 July for a proposed bill that would prohibit uranium mining as well as the feasibility studies and exploration activities that must be completed before a mining project can be considered for a licence to begin operation.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgreenland-plans-to-reimpose-ban-on-uranium-mining-8919307
The national Sermitsiaq newspaper said the permits were granted with special terms, meaning Orano cannot automatically expect exploration to lead to the granting of exploitation permits.
Sermitsiaq said one area covers about 1,000 sq km to the north of the village of Arsuk in southwest Greenland. The second is 2,485 sq km and consists of two sub-areas around the Ilulileq fjord in southern Greenland and the Kangerlussuatsiaq fjord in wester Greenland.
In 2013, Greenland’s parliament voted in favour of lifting the country’s long-standing ban on the extraction of radioactive materials, including uranium, a move that could enable a separate, more advance mining project at Kvanefjeld to proceed. The project is the subject of a feasibility study to evaluate a mining operation to produce uranium, rare earth elements and zinc.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 30 January 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/france-s-orano-granted-two-uranium-exploration-permits-reports-say-1-5-2021
Greenland Minerals and Energy (GME) has welcomed promises by Greenland's parliament to fast-track necessary reviews so that the country's uranium policy can be finalised.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 28 November 2012
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Greenland-pushes-on-with-uranium-policy