Founded in 2008, the school, based in Sisimiut in the southwest of Greenland, offers students three-year post-secondary vocational training. A student practices driving a shovel excavator on the school grounds of the Greenland School of Minerals and Petroleum in Sisimiut, Greenland, on Monday last week. “I want them to know it’s possible to mine in Greenland if you do it the right way,” he said. The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland reported that Greenland is home to 24 of the 34 critical raw materials identified by the EU as essential for the green and digital transitions. As a result, Greenland has several types of metals, minerals and gemstones,” a document on its Web site said.

Source: Taipei Times February 14, 2026 17:22 UTC