Senate approves the National Policy on Critical and Strategic Minerals

On September 2, 2026, the Federal Senate approved Bill No. 2.780/2024, which establishes the National Policy on Critical and Strategic Minerals (PNMCE) and creates the National Council for the Industrialization of Critical and Strategic Minerals (CIMCE). The bill will now proceed to presidential sanction. It sets out guidelines for the development of Brazil’s mineral value chain and introduces approval mechanisms for certain corporate transactions and agreements involving critical and strategic minerals.

In this newsletter, TozziniFreire’s Mining team highlights the key provisions of the approved text, analyzes its potential impact on investors and companies operating in the mining sector, and reviews the next steps toward the sanction and regulation of the new policy.

Click here to check out the full analysis.