{"id":402109,"date":"2026-01-14T14:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=402109"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:06:05","slug":"brazil-saudi-arabia-to-cooperate-in-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazil-saudi-arabia-to-cooperate-in-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil, Saudi Arabia to cooperate in mining"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil\u2019s Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, and Saudi Arabia\u2019s Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Bandar Alkhorayef, signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday (13) in Riyadh, providing for several joint actions in mineral resource exploration. In the Saudi capital, Silveira attended the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futuremineralsforum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Future Minerals Forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to information from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.br\/mme\/pt-br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ministry of Mines and Energy<\/a>, the MoU will be valid for five years, during which technical cooperation actions may be carried out in geology, exploration, mining, and mineral evaluation, as well as exchanges of specialists, training programs, and technology sharing. Subject to each country\u2019s legislation, the memorandum also provides for private-sector investment from both countries in the acquisition of exploration and mining licenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The partnership also points to the creation of a Brazil\u2013Saudi Arabia mining investment alliance. According to the Ministry, the goal is to foster cooperation in the exploration, processing, and value addition of strategic minerals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBrazil is building strategic alliances with countries that share a vision of the future based on development, innovation, and the energy transition. The Brazil\u2013Saudi Arabia Mining Investment Alliance is a concrete step in this direction, bringing together financial capacity, technology, and geological potential to generate sustainable growth and opportunities for both peoples,\u201d Silveira said in a statement from the Ministry. Saudi Arabia also signed memorandums of understanding on mineral exploration with Chile and Canada during the forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/saudi-arabia-wants-brazil-in-its-mining-industry\/\">Saudi Arabia wants Brazil in its mining industry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-402102\">Supplied<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Countries sign memorandum of understanding to foster the exchange of professionals and technologies and the promotion of mutual investments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":402102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[9534,5704,55581,18437,14427,2028,9595],"class_list":{"0":"post-402109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-brazil-en","9":"tag-exploration","10":"tag-future-minerals-forum","11":"tag-investments-en","12":"tag-minerals","13":"tag-mining","14":"tag-saudi-arabia-en"},"wps_subtitle":"Countries sign memorandum of understanding to foster the exchange of professionals and technologies and the promotion of mutual investments.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}