A cold gold rush? The race for the Arctic's critical minerals is heating up

A cold gold rush? The race for the Arctic's critical minerals is heating up

Countries are increasingly turning to the thawing and sparsely populated northern polar region as part of a push to break China's mineral dominance.

A cold gold rush? The race for the Arctic's critical minerals is heating up

Traditional painted houses overlooking sea ice in the Old Nuuk district near the Sermitsiaq mountain in Nuuk, Greenland, on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A global scramble to exploit the Arctic’s untapped resources appears to be kicking into overdrive. In a push to break China’s mineral dominance, countries around the world are increasingly turning to the thawing and sparsely populated northern polar region, seek…