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Mining
Brazil

Nelson Beiró

GENERAL MANAGER, GEOCONTROLE
"The main players in the market are either looking to increase capacity or expanding their asset portfolio with critical mineral resources."
Mining
Brazil

Vinicius Alvarenga

CEO, COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE LÍTIO
"Brazil is quite far from developing a full battery supply chain, despite having natural resources for battery making and the necessary technology."
Petrochemicals & Chemicals
Brazil

Jorge Buckup

PRESIDENT LATIN AMERICA, UNIVAR SOLUTIONS
"Our global-to-local structure gives us the pathway to introduce new sustainable solutions faster and make a real impact."
Petrochemicals & Chemicals
Brazil

Ignacio Gonzalez Crende

PRESIDENT, VOPAK BRAZIL
"As momentum for new energies, hydrogen, ammonia, and sustainable feedstocks grows, we see a bigger interest in infrastructure for storing these products – this will be a big part of our growth."
Mining
Brazil

Odilon Mendes

MANAGING DIRECTOR, NORMET BRAZIL
"Normet is focused on bringing battery electric vehicles to the Brazilian market, as we believe there will be a high demand for battery-powered equipment due to companies prioritizing decarbonization."
Mining
Brazil

Rodrigo Vilela

CEO, SAMARCO
"Our focus has been on restoring production, compensating impacted communities, and remediating the environment."
Mining
Brazil

Thiago Toussaint

MANAGING DIRECTOR, SRK BRAZIL
"Following the Mariana incident, the mining industry focused on the importance of ESG and geotechnical safety. Thus, we decided to concentrate on enhancing our geoenvironmental and geotechnics business unit in Brazil."
Petrochemicals & Chemicals
Brazil

Edison Terra

VP OLEFINS AND POLYOLEFINS – SOUTH AMERICA, BRASKEM
“Sustainability, in all its forms, is not a passing trend – it is a megatrend. This is where we’ve directed most of our investments. Over the last year, we increased our green ethylene production from 200,000 tons/year to 260,000 t/y.”
Mining
Brazil

Rodrigo Santos

GENERAL MANAGER, FOMENTO DO BRASIL
"Our Ferro Potiguar project will use dry stacking systems and will probably be the first iron ore project in the country to use recycled water in its operations."
Mining
Brazil

Corrine Ricard

PRESIDENT, MOSAIC FERTILIZANTES
"Brazil is the fourth largest fertilizer consumer in the world, yet it is the most dependent country on fertilizer imports; 85% of the fertilizer consumed in 2021 was imported."

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