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• Mining — and independence — at the heart of Greenland's election

Though not opposed outright to mining, IA has a strong environmental focus. It has campaigned to halt the Kvanefjeld project, which contains rare earths like neodymium, which is used in wind turbines, electric vehicles and combat aircraft.

It also contains uranium.

"The people have spoken," IA leader Múte Egede, 34, told broadcaster DR when asked about Kvanefjeld."It won't happen."

Mikaa Mered, lecturer on Arctic affairs at HEC business school in Paris, said of the outcome: "This will without doubt hamper mining development in Greenland."

While most Greenlanders see mining as an important path toward independence, the Kvanefjeld mine has been a point of contention for years, sowing deep divisions in the government and population over environmental concerns.

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