Before the tornado hit the town, the government had planned to buy-out homes in the area which was the site of a large zinc mine.
There are proposals for an open-cast zinc mine on its summit.
Since 1990, Greenland has registered a foreign trade deficit following the closure of the last remaining lead and zinc mine that year.
Many people from the neighbouring countries also worked in the zinc mine.
The Red Dog mine is the world's largest zinc mine.
Later, it was recorded among the moist banks of a river near an abandoned zinc mine.
During the 19th century there was a zinc mine there.
He went to Wallace, Idaho, to photograph lead and zinc mines.
Some big zinc mines are depleting and are going to be closed during this decade.
The zinc mine shut down in 2001, but reopened in 2006.