Kvanefjeld (Kuannersuit), Greenland

The subsoil of southern Greenland holds one of the planet's largest rare-earth deposits, but coupled with uranium: the 2021 Greenlandic law banning uranium extraction above 100 ppm has effectively frozen it. Energy Transition Minerals is claiming up to $11.5bn in arbitration. The case sums up the Arctic friction, a critical resource held hostage to local sovereignty and the environment, sharpening covetousness over Greenland.