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Greenland takeover could be trump card for miners

Donald Trump’s latest thought bubble, the purchase of Greenland from Denmark, sounds bizarre but it’s also the sort of unlikely deal that ought to have mining investors paying attention because it could be an echo of something happening in the background.

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The initial reaction to the idea attributed to the US president by the Wall Street Journal newspaper, and repeated by other media outlets, has been to dismiss the acquisition of Greenland as