FROM CEMENT TO COPPER?
Suspicious auction exposes crisis within Brazil’s mining regulator
Mauro Henrique Sousa (on the left), the ANM boss, told Congress about the struggles of the mining regulator. Photo: Vinicius Loures/House
In an August 5 auction, a little-known company from Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) secured control over vast stretches of Brazilian land rich in critical minerals. Normally, the successful bid would have passed largely unnoticed, but this was no ordinary auction…
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