Cooperation provides local expertise and growth
When construction and improvements were needed at the mine in Qaqortoq, Lumina engaged a local transport company. For several months, Nuuk Transport provided an impressive array of equipment at Lumina's minesite, including a trailer for container transport, a large flatbed truck, a mobile crane, and a crane truck. Nuuk Transport's partner BMS also provided a crawler crane at the mine.
Meet Our Partners: Air Greenland
When personnel or spare parts need to quickly reach Lumina's mine in Qaqortorsuaq, it's most likely Air Greenland Charter that gets the call. In winter, when the Kangerlussuaq fjord is frozen over, Air Greenland's helicopters are the mine's only connection to the outside world.
Saffiorfik: Local blacksmith company got a springboard
The blacksmith company Saffiorfik has, so to speak, grown up alongside Lumina Sustainable Materials A/S's mine in Greenland. The company was established in 2021, and the task of building the mine was among the first major projects.
MP Criticizes Naalakkersuisut for Lack of Willingness
Inatsisartut member Kuno Fencker criticizes Naalakkersuisut for lengthy processing times in the Mineral Resources Authority. Companies with extraction permits, like Lumina Sustainable Materials A/S, face delays and administrative hurdles. Fencker urges Naalakkersuisut to show political decisiveness and adapt processes to Greenland’s logistical challenges to support the mining industry.
Meet Our Partners: SIRIUS Greenland
No employees at Lumina's mine take the bus to work. The transport of both personnel and supplies between the mine in Qaqortorsuaq, located approximately 80 kilometers west of the airport settlement Kangerlussuaq, and the nearest larger town, Sisimiut, is managed by the local company SIRIUS Greenland. SIRIUS Greenland also supplies and maintains the firefighting equipment in the mine.
New Mine Geologist: Maria Orianna Leth
Maria Orianna Leth will advise the mine management on the development and planning of the mine to ensure efficient operations while meeting Lumina's strict safety and environmental standards.
Greenlandic Newspaper: Greenland’s Self-Government Delays Approval for Mineral Export
According to an article from Sermitsiaq, Lumina Sustainable Materials A/S is ready to export anorthosite from Kangerlussuaq Fjord but has been delayed by the Greenlandic government's two-year wait for approval.
Meet our partners: Polar Trophy Hunt
A couple of times a week, a boat from Polar Trophy Hunt makes the approximately 80-kilometer journey from Kangerlussuaq to Greenland's only active mine in Qaqortorsuaq.
Lumina Sustainable Minerals delivers moon dust to simulation project
A small step for an international space agency. A giant leap for a Greenlandic mining company. Lumina Sustainable Minerals is key to the ambitious plans for a return to the Moon.
ESA uses terrestrial rocks to recreate the Moon’s surface
Two state-of-the-art ESA facilities are working closely to develop a simulated lunar environment that will serve as a proving ground for future exploration technologies.