14 days ago · Brazil
Brazil’s Lula hails ‘bold’ Chinese investors as rival pitches rare earths to Trump
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Brazil. The first report grouped here was at 2 Oct 2026, 21:04 UTC. The headline in use is “Brazil’s Lula hails ‘bold’ Chinese investors as rival pitches rare earths to Trump”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva named China as a possible partner in his critical minerals plans, three days before Sunday’s closely fought election. Lula told Flow, one of the country’s most-watched podcasts, on Thursday evening that Brazil should stop shipping out raw ore.
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Brazil’s Lula hails ‘bold’ Chinese investors as rival pitches rare earths to Trump
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