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Rare earths and critical minerals
USA Rare Earth makes its move in Brazil
USA Rare Earth, a Nasdaq-listed company, said on 20 April 2026 that it has agreed to pay US$2.8bn to acquire Brazil’s Serra Verde. Serra Verde is the only producer of all four magnetic rare earths outside of Asia. Through this acquisition, the US company is buying a mine in the state of Goiás that began commercial production in 2024, extracting REEs from ionic clay deposits. Serra Verde is ahead of the game; other rare earth mines in Brazil are not expected to come on stream until 2028.
- Rare earths and critical minerals - what are they?
- Where are they?
- What is the outlook for demand?
- The US-China stand off
- Washington plays catch up
- The European perspective
- Brazil leads the charge
- USA Rare Earth makes its move in Brazil
- Concern over REE preferential access
- Argentina: the lithium RIGI story
- New Chilean government eyes value added
- Peru seen as player with “high geological potential”
- 2023 mining law holds Mexico back
- Bolivia moves away from state-led industrialisation
- Corporate moves in critical minerals and REEs
- Rare earths and the environment
- Conclusion – the coming boom