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Roberto Xavier

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ADIMB
"Brazil has the geology to be a leader in the future of critical minerals, but we do have some hurdles to overcome."

Carlos Henrique Lemos Dantas

CEO, POCHTECA COREMAL BRAZIL
"Complex tax and labour legislation, together with Brazil´s large geographic span make the distribution space a very special one when compared to other markets."

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."

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."

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."

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."

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."

Rodrigo Vilela

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

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."

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.”

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