Tourists on the Greenlandic ice cap on Sept. 3, 2007. Although 80 percent of Greenland is covered in ice, beneath the ice lies abundant natural resources, such as rare earth elements. Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
Days after President Donald Trump announced a security agreement with Greenland and Denmark, Greenland Mines applied on Sept. 21 to double the size of its rare earth mine to supply magnet metals needed for electric vehicles, wind turbines, and defense systems on the island.
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