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Brazilian Studies and Projects Financing Agency has contracted 171 strategic minerals projects totaling R$1.4bn since 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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With the increased demand for credit for mining critical and strategic minerals in Brazil, a sector that has come under the U.S. scrutiny after the tariff hike announced by President Donald Trump, the Brazilian Studies and Projects Financing Agency (Finep) has expanded its funding for the sector and also plans to launch a public call to promote the use of these minerals in the energy transition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Finep has signed 171 contracts involving strategic minerals totaling R$1.4 billion since 2019. Last year, support reached a record high, with R$659.8 million contracted for 41 projects financed through repayable credit using the TR (Reference Rate), which is lower than the benchmark interest rate (Selic), and with grants for companies as well as scientific and technological institutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The investments are targeted at two fronts: encouraging research and development to enable the exploration of these minerals and strengthening domestic mineral processing to increase added value to national products.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Brazil has abundant reserves of critical and strategic minerals. For example, Brazil holds the second-largest rare earth reserves in the world, behind only China. However, domestic production remains low, and much of the ore is exported raw, resulting in a product with low value added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Finep has invested heavily in the energy transition and in the essential role of critical minerals in enabling this transformation. These minerals are strategic for Brazil from a technological and geopolitical perspective. So, we are expanding support for the domestic processing of these minerals to advance the production chain with high value-added technologies and products,” said Finep president Luiz Elias.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Projections from the International Energy Agency (IEA) indicate that global demand for copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, and rare earths are expected to grow by more than 80% by 2024. In Brazil, the increase in public investment is part of the reindustrialization policy of President Lula da Silva’s third term, called NIB, and the new national mining policy, which is in the final stages of development by the federal government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the first half of this year, Finep contracted ten projects focused on critical minerals, totaling R$83 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The tally does not include a R$5 billion public call launched in partnership with the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) in January. The call, which selected projects from national and international companies, such as WEG and Stellantis, as well as small-sized mining companies and startups, involves R$ 4 billion from BNDES and R$1 billion from Finep.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“We expect the projects included in this call to increase our support in 2025, bringing us closer to the amount contracted in 2024. For 2026, we expect an even higher amount,” said Newton Hamatsu, Finep’s superintendent of energy transition and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The high demand for the call with BNDES, which received 124 proposals for a total of R$85.2 billion in disbursements, led BNDES to launch another public call this year. The new call will allocate R$200 million to the implementation of energy transition projects using critical minerals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“The joint call with BNDES showed the strength and diversity of our scientific and industrial base in this sector. To enable the total investments planned for the submitted projects, we plan to launch a new call this year to support high-risk technological projects,” explained Elias Ramos, Finep\u2019s director of innovation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Finep downplays the impact of trade negotiations with the U.S. on investments in Brazil but emphasizes the need to continue developing the sector. “It is natural for the United States to seek to expand partnerships with Brazil in this field. I do not believe, however, that the current trade sanctions will harm Brazilian investments,” said Mr. Hamatsu.<\/p>\n

*By\u00a0Paula Martini\u00a0\u2014 Rio de Janeiro<\/p>\n

Source: Valor International<\/p>\n

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