Chinese Rare-Earth Project in Doubt After Greenland Opposition Wins Election

People queue to vote, in the Inussivik arena in Nuuk, Greenland, on April 6, 2021. Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP

HELSINKI—Greenland’s main opposition party, which is against an international mining project involving uranium and other metals on the Arctic island, has emerged as the biggest party after winning more than a third of votes in an early parliamentary election, according to initial results.

With nearly all votes counted Wednesday, the left-leaning Community of the People party (Inuit Ataqatigiit) had secured 37 percent of the votes, entitling it to 12 seats in the Greenlandic national assembly, the 31-seat Inatsisartut.