Takeaways From the AP-Reporter Brasil Story on the US and Others Turning to Brazil for Rare Earths
Foreign investors account for more than 40% of rare earth exploration applications as Brazil moves to build processing capacity and curb Chinese dominance.
- An analysis by The Associated Press and Reporter Brasil shows foreign investors are driving a surge in Brazilian rare earth exploration, accounting for more than four in 10 applications through June.
- Brazil holds the world's second-largest rare earth reserves, attracting international capital as the International Energy Agency projects demand for these minerals could increase at least threefold by 2040.
- In April, USA Rare Earth announced an agreement to acquire Serra Verde for about $2.8 billion, while Australian companies account for 695 mining applications across Brazil.
- As exploration surges, at least 25% of applications overlap with or fall within 10 kilometers of protected areas and Indigenous territories, triggering environmental concerns regarding deforestation and pollution.
- On Monday, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the Senate would move forward with legislation requiring foreign companies to transfer technology and establish local processing capacity to defend national interests.
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Takeaways from the AP-Reporter Brasil story on the US and others turning to Brazil for rare earths
SAO PAULO (AP) — The world is increasingly turning to Brazil to explore for rare earth minerals that are crucial for technology and renewable energy. The country's large reserves are second only to China and have attracted investors, many of…
Brazil already has more than 50 rare-earth exploration projects, according to the National Mining Agency (ANM). With the second largest reserve in the world, 11 million metric tons, the country has attracted external investments — which represent almost all of them. The leadership is with China, with 40% to 49% of the global reserves (equivalent to 44 million metric tons). Liliam Yoshikawa, partner of the Machado Meyer Advocates office, says tha…
In the global race to secure rare earths -- which are key to everything, from mobile phones to green technologies -- Brazil is emerging as an alternative to China's dominance, particularly for the United States and Australia, according to a mining permit analysis conducted by The Associated Press and Reporter Brazil.
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The rare earths have been consolidated as the epicenter of the technological and military dispute of the twenty-first century. It is a group of 17 chemical elements essential for the manufacture of permanent high power magnets, electric vehicles, wind turbines, semiconductors and advanced defense systems such as guided missiles and radars. China concentrates the ...
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