Ministry of Industry and Miniral Resources

Areas of responsibility:

• Energy-intensive industry - the aluminium project
• Business promotion aimed at onshore businesses and tourism
• Business and nutrition legislation as well as labour-market legislation 
• Development of crafts and the events/adventure industry
• Promotion of exports of ice and water as well as administration of the Ice and Water Act
• Secretariat services for the Business and Competence Development Council (EKUR)
• Regional policy cooperation, including the Nordic Atlantic Cooperation (NORA) and Vestnorden
• Consumer policy matters
• Subsidies for business, industry and tourism 
• Service contracts with the Greenland Tourist and Business Council (GTE) and Greenland Development (GD) 
• Labour market planning
• Coordination regarding the employment service
• Competence development regarding the labour market
• Coordination of labour market policy initiatives to combat unemployment
• Occupational safety and health legislation
• Export licences
• Veterinary matters

Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum

Areas of responsibility:

Administration of the Mineral Resources Act regarding minerals in Greenland 

• Preliminary surveys
• Exploration surveys
• Exploitation licences

Authority tasks and regulation within the minerals area, including for the following areas:

• Technical production conditions
• Safety
• The environment
• Exploitation of resources
• Fiscal aspects linked to royalties etc.

Supervisory authority for:

• Nalunaq Gold Mine A/S
• Seqi Olivine Mine A/S
• 38 exploration licences regarding hard minerals 
• Encana Corporation’s Atammik exploration and exploitation licences
• Encana Corporation’s Lady Franklin exploration and exploitation licences 
• About  20 prospecting licences

International promotion/marketing of Greenland’s hydrocarbon and minerals potential (trade fairs, direct marketing visits etc.)

Organisation of licencing rounds for the oil/gas area
Secretariat of the Joint Council on Minerals and Petroleum in Greenland
Resort authority for:

• NUNAOIL A/S
• NUNAMINERALS A/S
• Greenland Resources A/S

Participation in a number of projects under The Arctic Council
Continental Shelf Project
Ujarassiorit/the minerals hunt