Government wants to accelerate voting on agenda regarding the exploration of critical minerals.

According to Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (PT-AP)the federal government intending to prioritize the agenda of exploration of critical minerals and rare earths The government leader in Congress stated that The legislative process should proceed at an accelerated pace.. According to Rodriguesa National Policy on Critical and Strategic Minerals he can to be voted on sometime in MayThe theme of rare earths It also gained strength due to the recent Diplomatic meeting between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the President of the United States, Donald TrumpDuring a press conference, following the conversation with the US leader, Lula He also argued that the critical minerals are a "matter of national sovereignty", in the midst of a context of growing demand for these raw materialsA National Policy on Critical and Strategic Minerals formulates new incentives and mechanisms to exploration and internal processing of oreslike rare earths, lithium, nickel and niobium.

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