Minas Gerais

Brazilian miner Vale has entered into a strategic alliance with Swiss electrification and automation technology company ABB to expand the use of automation and AI technologies for improved safety,... 

Meteoric Resources has entered into a nonbinding memorandum of strategic partnership with POSCO International to support the long-term development and timely commercial production of rare-earth... 

Brazil-focused IMC Rare Earths has successfully raised $20-million from its initial public offering (IPO) on the NYSE. The company priced four-million shares at a price of $5 apiece. 

A highly mechanised forestry tree planting machine featuring mechanised planting technology created by South African engineering firm Novelquip Forestry was recently on display at a forestry expo... 

Meteoric reported on July 9, 2026, that measured resources across Caldeira had increased by 246% following infill drilling focused on Capão do Mel, Figueira and Soberbo. 

Nasdaq-listed Atlas Lithium Corporation is on track to produce its first commercial batch of lithium oxide concentrate in the fourth quarter of 2027. The company is developing its 100%-owned Neves... 

An iron-ore mine in Vale's Mariana integrated operation in the Southeastern System, in the Iron Quadrangle, between the municipalities of Santa Bárbara, Ouro Preto and Itabirito, in Minas Gerais,... 

The EU is turning to Brazil as a strategic partner in its push to diversify its critical mineral supplies, offering a deal that it says will be beneficial to Brazil's development goals, EU... 

ASX-listed Resouro Strategic Metals says it has delivered on a “major milestone” with the completion of the preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for a starter operation at its flagship Tiros rare... 

Brazilian miner Vale inaugurated its first high-tech processing plant using AI after modernizing a facility in Minas Gerais State, the company said on Wednesday, achieving a 25% productivity gain... 

ASX-listed rare earths developer Viridis Mining and Minerals has secured its first major project execution contract with Minas Gerais-based electricity distributor DME Energética for the delivery... 

Australian rare earths miner Viridis Mining and Minerals is in advanced discussions with potential offtake buyers in Europe and the US for its Colossus mine in Brazil's Minas Gerais state, CEO... 

The preliminary economic assessment envisages the construction of an on-site processing plant with a throughput of about 2.7-million tonnes a year over an initial 30-year mine life.  

Brazilian labour inspectors have fined Sigma Lithium for depositing waste in a pile that they had shut down because it posed a "grave and imminent" risk to workers and the local community, the... 

Brazil-headquartered iron-ore and nickel producer Vale is reinforcing the Minas Gerais region as a hub for iron-ore production from circular sources, having advanced a circular mining programme at... 

London-listed Rainbow Rare Earths has announced an economic assessment for the Uberaba project, in Brazil, and says it has reached an agreement with US-based producer and marketer of concentrated... 

Sigma Lithium's waste piles at a Brazilian mine offer no "imminent risk" and the country's mining regulator saw no need to shut them down during a visit last month, the agency told Reuters in a... 

Brazilian inspection teams found that Vale's Viga mine presented signs of erosion and ordered the iron-ore miner to shut its operation until further notice, Minas Gerais state government... 

Brazilian miner Vale has halted operations at units that analysts say account for about 2% of its iron-ore production outlook for this year after water overflowed at the sites, a securities filing...