COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Greenland's new centre-right government says plans to tap the ice-capped Arctic country's mineral resources can go ahead, but with a more realistic approach.
Mineral resources minister Andreas Uldum said Friday that Greenland "may have been a little too fast on the trigger" in its dream that the semi-autonomous Danish territory could prosper from a mining bonanza.
Premier Kim Kielsen came to power last month after his predecessor quit amid a scandal involving use of public funds. In 2013, that government lifted a 25-year-old ban on uranium mining, paving the way to rare-earth projects that often generate uranium as a byproduct.
Last year, an independent report concluded that Greenland's minerals and offshore oil was unlikely to help it achieve economic independence from Denmark.
