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Brazil refuses to support the G7 text on critical minerals and rare earths, enters the heavy game of strategic inputs, and tries to escape the old trap of exporting raw wealth while rich countries keep the most profitable part.

Viviane Alves 16/06/2026 at 08:32

Man spends $2 million on an old coal mine, discovers it hid rare earth elements valued at up to $37 billion, and sees the story become a legal case.

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 14/06/2026 at 12:35

While other countries compete for clean energy minerals, the USA looks to Brazil and promises to seek financing for projects involving rare earths, lithium, nickel, and graphite.

Geovane Souza 12/06/2026 at 20:20

With R$ 3 billion on the table, a Brazilian mining company wants to process 20,000 tons of monazite per month, a mineral that contains 700 kg of rare earths per ton and could put Brazil back in the competition against China.

Alisson Ficher 12/06/2026 at 16:08

Rare earths, million-dollar compensation, and a farm in Goiás: understand the case in which a rural producer accuses Serra Verde of occupying his property while the legal dispute drags on for years

Caio Aviz 09/06/2026 at 19:44

The largest Brazilian mining company, Vale do Rio Doce, is the ‘flavor of the month’ for international investors, who are eager to explore rare earths, vital for boosting the energy transition, aiming to replace the fossil fuel-based matrix.

Corporativo 08/06/2026 at 20:22

Science and Technology

Ally of China and Brazil in the BRICS, India makes a strategic decision on rare earths and targets a sector dominated by Beijing, which controls up to 90% of the global processing of 17 essential minerals for electric cars, chips, and AI.

Alisson Ficher 08/06/2026 at 15:32

Science and Technology

Red mud mountain in Louisiana could become a strategic U.S. mine: a $67 million project aims to extract up to 1,000 tons of rare earths per year from industrial waste and strengthen its national critical minerals supply chain.

Carla Teles 04/06/2026 at 19:05

Science and Technology

China has even created a degree in rare earths to train specialists in the minerals that power electric cars, turbines, airplanes, and military radars, while the West tries to catch up.

Noel Budeguer 03/06/2026 at 14:13

Rare earth mining in Minas becomes a legal case after suspicion of radioactivity above the limit and may change the course of licensing.

Viviane Alves 01/06/2026 at 23:30

INSS raises a red flag for retirees: new rule requires biometric validation within 5 days to release payroll-deductible loans, while installments continue to be deducted directly from the paycheck after a scandal of fraud and undue deductions involving beneficiaries in the country.

Alisson Ficher 29/05/2026 at 13:24

China is concerned about Brazil and the reason is clear: the presidential election made Beijing postpone a bilateral meeting after 50 years of historic partnership, while Brazilian rare earths and US pressure raise geopolitical tension on the eve of October.

Alisson Ficher 29/05/2026 at 12:50