Voters deliver backlash over Greenland’s minerals rush

By using Alistair Scrutton NUUK (Reuters) – Aleqa Hammond regarded set to be Greenland's first feminine prime minister on Wednesday after profitable 42 percent of votes in elections on a platform of higher keep an eye on and heavier taxation of foreign mining. The outlet of the u . s . of fifty seven,000, which is 1 / 4 the scale of the United States, to overseas miners has sparked a backlash from its conventional Inuit individuals, lots of whom worry each Chinese language influence and environmental damage. Hammond's Siumut celebration received around 14 seats in the 31-seat parliament, meaning she will want to form a coalition. …