グリーンランド、中国俊安の鉄鉱採掘ライセンス取消し（動画）：
Greenland, China General Nice iron ore mining license revoked:
中国绿地、舜安铁矿开采许可证被吊销：
ー中国企業は支払い期限守らずー
北極圏の島国
グリーンランド自治政府11月22日「中国俊安グループ（General Nice）の鉄鉱採掘ライセンスを取り消した」と発表した。
- この取り消し決定は、
- グリーンランドの資源を狙う、
- 中国企業にとって大きな痛手となりそうだ。
ロイター通信：
中国の石炭・鉄鉱石輸入会社
俊安グループグリーンランド西海岸にあるイスア鉄鉱を買収した。
2015年破産の前所有者ロンドン・マイニングに代わって、採掘ライセンスを所有している。
中国企業として、初めてグリーンランドで採掘権を取得した。
俊安グループの採掘権：
しかし、俊安グループは、グリーンランド自治政府に対して、支払い期限を守れず。
結果、俊安グループの鉄鉱採掘ライセンスは、取り消された。
大紀元 エポックタイムズ
https://www.epochtimes.jp/2021/11/82278.html
Greenland strips Chinese mining firm of licence to iron ore deposit
COPENHAGEN, Nov 22 (Reuters) –
Greenland said on Monday
it has stripped a Chinese mining company of its licence to an iron ore deposit near the capital Nuuk,
dealing a blow to attempts by Chinese companies to gain a foothold on the resource-rich Arctic island.
General Nice,
a Chinese coal and iron ore importer,took control of the Isua mine project in 2015, replacing previous owner London Mining, which went bankrupt.
It was the first Chinese firm
to have the right to exploit minerals in Greenland,which has attracted international interest as climate change has opened up waterways and access to the vast Arctic island’s mineral resources.
The licence was withdrawn because of inactivity at the site,
the government said in a statement, adding it will be offered to new interested companies once it has formally been handed back.
The company also failed to make the agreed guarantee payments, it said.
“We cannot accept that a licence-holder repeatedly fails to meet agreed deadlines,” Greenland’s Resources Minister Naaja Nathanielsen said.
The government requested that
all geological data is returned, remaining payments of 1.5 million Danish crowns are deposited, and the mining area is cleaned up.
London Mining, which obtained the exploitation licence in 2013,
had initially planned to hire some 2,000 Chinese workers to construct the project and aimed to supply China with around 15 million metric tonnes of iron ore a year.
Reuters