Mineral Resources Authority

31/10/2025

Workshop om Integreret Risikostyring for naturfarer. Fra den 8. – 12. september 2025 deltog Avannaata Kommunia i en workshop om ”Integreret Risikostyring” for naturfarer, såsom fjeldskred, stenskred og landskred. Workshoppen blev afholdt i samarbejde mellem Departementet for Erhverv, Råstoffer, Justitsområdet og Ligestilling, og Swiss Polar Institute.

Workshoppens formål var at få indsigt i håndteringen af komplekse skredhændelser i de schweiziske Alper, og undersøge om, hvorvidt denne viden kan styrke håndteringen af potentielle fremtidige hændelser i Grønland. Undervisningsmateriale og øvelser blev leveret af Cornelia Brönnimann fra Afdeling for Naturfarer i kanton Bern, og Prof. Markus Stoffel fra Universitetet i Genève. Dele af materialet tog udgangspunkt i tsunami-opskylskort udarbejdet af Departementet for Erhverv, Råstoffer, Energi, Justitsområdet og Ligestilling. Deltagerne bestod af byplanlæggere og en miljømedarbejder fra Avannaata Kommunia.

Integreret risikostyring om naturfarer handler om at udvikle myndigheders samarbejdet omkring risiko og i fællesskab reducere den. Workshoppen startede med indendørs træning og skrivebordsøvelser i Ilulissat, og fortsatte med praktiske øvelser om naturfarer i felten i Uummannaq fjorden. Avannaata Kommunia har udtrykt ønske om fortsat samarbejde omkring naturfarer ind i fremtiden.

Denne workshop blev afholdt som samarbejde mellem Swiss Polar Institute og Departementet for Erhverv, Råstoffer, Energi, justitsområdet og Ligestilling. Workshoppen var planlagt, støttet og betalt indenfor rammerne af Koni Steffen-legatet under Swiss Polar Institute.

Læs mere om Konrad Steffen-legatet her: https://swisspolar.ch/konrad-steffen-grant/

Har du observeret en skredhændelse? Rapportér den her: https://govmin.gl/da/fjeldskred/indberetning/

Se den seneste situationsvurdering for fjeldskredsfare: https://govmin.gl/da/fjeldskred/aktuel-vurdering/

31/10/2025

Workshop on Integrated Risk Management for Natural Hazard with participation from Avannata Municipality. From 8-12 September, 2025, Avannaata Municipality participated in a workshop on “Integrated Risk Management” of natural hazards, such as rock avalanches, rock slides and landslides. The workshop was held in collaboration between the Ministry of Business, Mineral Resources, Energy, Justice and Gender Equality, and the Swiss Polar Institute.

The core idea of the workshop was to gain insight into the handling of complex slide-events in the Swiss Alps, and to explore whether some of the lessons learnt can strengthen the management of potential future events in Greenland. Lectures and exercises were provided by Cornelia Brönnimann from the Natural Hazard Division of the Canton of Bern and prof. Markus Stoffel from the University of Geneva. Parts of the material were based on tsunami run-up maps prepared by the Ministry of Business, Mineral Resources, Energy, Justice and Gender Equality. The participants consisted of urban planners and an environmental officer from Avannaata Municipality.

Integrated risk management of natural hazards concerns development of stakeholder cooperation on risk and jointly reducing it. The workshop started with in-door training and desk-based exercises in Ilulissat and continued with hands-on exercises on natural hazards in the field in the Uummannaq fjord region. Avannaata Municipality expressed a wish for continued cooperation on natural hazards in the future.

This workshop was arranged in collaboration between the Swiss Polar Institute and the Ministry of Business, Mineral Resources, Energy, Justice and Gender Equality. The workshop was planned, supported and paid within the framework of the Konrad Steffen grant under the Swiss Polar Institute.

Read more about the Konrad Steffen grant here: https://swisspolar.ch/konrad-steffen-grant/

Have you observed a slide-incident? Report it here: https://govmin.gl/landslides/report-form/

Read the current assessment here: https://govmin.gl/landslides/current-assessment/

31/10/2025

Pinngortitami navianartunut Aarlerinaataasunik aqutsinerup Akuutinneqarnera pillugu suliaqarluni isumasioqatigiinneq. Ulluni 8. – 12. september 2025 pinngortitami navianartunut, soorlu qaqqat sisoorneri, ujaqqat sisoorneri aamma nunap sisoornera, ”Aarlerinaataasunik aqutsinerup Akuutinneqarnera” pillugu suliaqarluni isumasioqatigiinnermi Avannaata Kommunia peqataavoq. Suliaqarluni isumasioqatigiinneq Inuussutissarsiornemut, Aatsitassanut, Nukissiutinut, Inatsisit Atuutsinneqarnerannut Naligiissitaanermullu Naalakkersuisoqarfiup, aamma Swiss Polar Institute-p akornanni suleqatigiilluni ingerlanneqarpoq.

Suliaqarluni isumasioqatigiinnermi siunertaavoq, Schweiz-ip qaqqarsuini sisoornernik annertoorujussuarnik passussisarnermi paasisimasaqalernissaq, aammalu ilisimasat taakkua siunissami Kalaallit Nunaanni pisoqarsinnaanerinik passussisarneq pitsaanerulersissinnaanerat misissuinissaq. Atuartitsinermi najoqqutassat sungiusaatissallu Cornelia Brönnimann-imit Bern-ip eqqaani Pinngortitami navianartunut immikkoortortaqarfimmeersumit, aamma Prof. Markus Stoffel-imit Genève-mi Ilisimatusarfimmeersumit tunniunneqarput. Najoqqutassat ilaanni tassaarsuup qarsutsinerinut nunap assingi Inuussutissarsiornemut, Aatsitassanut, Nukissiutinut, Inatsisit Atuutsinneqarnerannut Naligiissitaanermullu Naalakkersuisoqarfimmit suliarineqartut aallaavigineqarput. Peqataasut tassaapput aammalu Avannaata Kommuniani illoqarfimmi pilersaarusiortut avatangiisinik suliaqartoq.

Pinngortitami navianartut pillugit aarlerinaataasunik aqutsinerup akuutinneqarnerani pineqarpoq, aarlerinaataasunut ataatsimoorlunilu taakkua annikillisinnissaannut tunngatillugu oqartussat suleqatigiinnerannik ineriartortitsinissaq. Suliaqarluni isumasioqatigiinneq illup iluani sungiusarnermik aammalu Ilulissani allaffimmi sungiusarnernik aallartinneqarpoq, aammalu Uummannap sulluani asimi pinngortitami navianartut pillugit suliaqarluni sungiusarnermik nanginneqarluni. Avannaata Kommuniata siunissami pinngortitami navianartunut tunngatillugu suleqatigiinnerup ingerlaannarnissaa kissaatigalugu oqaatigaa.

Suliaqarluni isumasioqatigiinneq taanna Swiss Polar Institute aamma Inuussutissarsiornemut, Aatsitassanut, Nukissiutinut, Inatsisit Atuutsinneqarnerannut Naligiissitaanermullu Naalakkersuisoqarfiup akornanni suleqatigiilluni ingerlanneqarpoq. Suliaqarluni isumasioqatigiinneq Swiss Polar Institute-p ataani Koni Steffen-legat-ip killissaasa iluanni pilersaarusiorneqarpoq, tapersiivigineqarluni akilerneqarlunilu.

Konrad Steffen-legat pillugu annertunerusut atuakkit uani:
https://swisspolar.ch/konrad-steffen-grant/

Sisoortunik takusaqarsimavit? Taanna uani nalunaarutigiuk: https://govmin.gl/ka/qaqqat-sisoorneri/nalunaaritigiinninneq/

Qaqqanik sisoortoqarsinnaanerata aarlerinaateqarneranut pisunik nalilersuineq kingulleq takuuk: https://govmin.gl/ka/qaqqat-sisoorneri/maannakkut-naliliineq/

09/10/2025

The Department of Geology in the Ministry of Business, Mineral Resources, Energy, Justice and Gender Equality has carried out a drilling program on the Nipisat Peninsula on southwestern Disko Island during August and September. The drilling program aims to investigate the structure of the lavas in connection with Naalakkersuisut's strategy for investigating the CO2 storage potential in Greenland. Two holes are drilled, from which cores are preserved to be examined in more detail. The cores will be tested for geochemistry and used to describe the geological stratigraphi. After drilling, the holes are logged with geophysical instruments and pressure tested to examine the geotechnical properties of the rock. Before the holes have been closed, a temperature sensor has been installed in one hole to monitor the temperature development throughout the depth of the hole. Data from this sensor will be made available to anyone who could use it, for example research into permafrost or other geothermal potentials.

The entire drilling program and the associated tests are financed through the EU's Green Growth Fund, where 43.4 million DKK has been allocated over 3 years to investigate the potential for storing CO2 in the Greenlandic subsurface. Further activities in the area can therefore be expected in the coming years, if the geotechnical and geochemical investigations prove suitable for further testing.

The drilling program has been carried out by the company KSMS ApS. The company has extensive experience from similar drilling in lavas at the Faroe Islands, however with the aim of exploiting geothermal heat. The company has used local service partners from Qasigiannguit and Qeqertarsuaq, but especially from the settlement of Kangerluk, which is located 15 minutes by boat from the area where the drilling was carried out. Both the local people and the company have had great success with the cooperation and are willing to resume future cooperation if this becomes relevant.

24/02/2025

Registration for Greenland Day at PDAC 2025 open:

24/02/2025

Mineral Exploration Newsletter, Minex 57, now available at:

04/02/2025

Præmievindere af Ujarassiorit 2024 er nu fundet:

04/02/2025

2024-mi Ujarassiorimmi akissarsitinneqartussat nassaarineqarput:

31/01/2025

Greenland has a new Mineral Resources Strategy

The Government of Greenland has approved a new Mineral Resources Strategy for the period 2025-2029.

You can read more about the news at this link:
https://naalakkersuisut.gl/Nyheder/2025/01/3101_Ny_Raastofstrategi?sc_lang=da&fbclid=IwY2xjawIKLt5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHRRAj4rtffr2hYuAO5ZOqRmJWrXw6Cp-XE6x4_-DUmPtb3fKS9EhGFP-3w_aem_b43jsuqrKyJml-jBjDOuag

Naalakkersuisut har den 14. januar godkendt en ny Råstofstrategi for perioden 2025-2029. Strategien afløser den tidligere strategi der udløb med udgangen af 2024. Den nye strategi beskriver Naalakkersuisuts mål for videreudvikling af landets råstofpotentiale. Råstofstrategien har fire fokusomr...

31/01/2025

Kalaallit Nunaat nutaamik Aatsitassanut periusissiaqalerpoq

Naalakkersuisut piffissamut 2025-2029-mut Aatsitassanut periusissiaq nutaaq akueraat.

Nutaarsiassaq pillugu annertunerusut atuarsinnaavatit uani linkimi:

Naalakkersuisut 2025-2029-mut Aatsitassarsiornermi periusissiaq nutaaq 14. januarimi akueraat. Periusissiap siornatigut periusissiaq 2024-p naanerani qaangiuttoq taarserpaa. Periusissiami nutaami Naalakkersuisut nunatta aatsitassatigut periarfissaasa ineriartorteqqinnissaannut anguniagaat allaaserin...

31/01/2025

Grønland har fået en ny Råstofstrategi

Naalakkersuisut har godkendt en ny Råstofstrategi for perioden 2025-2029.

Du kan læse mere om nyheden på dette link:

Naalakkersuisut har den 14. januar godkendt en ny Råstofstrategi for perioden 2025-2029. Strategien afløser den tidligere strategi der udløb med udgangen af 2024. Den nye strategi beskriver Naalakkersuisuts mål for videreudvikling af landets råstofpotentiale. Råstofstrategien har fire fokusomr...

04/12/2024

🇬🇱 QAQQAT SISOORNERI
Qaqqani alapernaanneqartuni pissutsinik naliliinerit decembarip sisamaat 2024-imeersut:
https://govmin.gl/ka/2024/12/qaqqani-alapernaanneqartuni-pissutsinik-naliliinerit-decembarip-sisamaat-2024-imeersut/

🇩🇰 FJELDSKRED
Situationsvurdering fra onsdag den 4. december 2024:
https://govmin.gl/da/2024/12/situationsvurdering-fra-onsdag-den-4-december-2024/

🇬🇧 LANDSLIDES
Situation assessment as of Wednesday, December 4, 2024:
https://govmin.gl/2024/12/situation-assessment-as-of-wednesday-december-4-2024/