Brazil Has the World’s Second-Largest Rare Earth Reserves but No Strategy for What to Do With Them

2026-02-13 - 12:15

Key Points — President Lula will sign a critical minerals memorandum with India next week, but officials concede it will yield few near-term results — Internal divisions over how open to be with foreign partners have stalled a coherent national minerals strategy — A government study found Brazil’s graphite output fell 8.4% per year since