The Novo party filed a request with the Chamber of Deputies to reject the Workers’ Party (PT) project that creates the state-owned Terrabras, a company that would be responsible for the extraction of critical ores.
Jointly authored by deputies Marcel Van Hattem (RS), Luiz Lima (RJ), Adriana Ventura (SP) and Gilson Marques (SC), all from Novo, the rejection request argues that the project is unconstitutional.
The request, presented on April 15, highlights that, although the project was presented “under the label of mineral policy”, the text “advances unduly on the organization of the federal Public Administration, changing the structure, purposes and competencies of a public entity linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, as well as redesigning the role of public bodies in the management of mineral activity”.
With this, Novo maintains that the Constitution reserves exclusively to the President of the Republic the initiative to propose laws that reorganize the structure of the federal administration.
The party’s deputies also state that the text “adopts a nationalist and interventionist option”, contrary to what they consider a modern policy for the development of rare earths and strategic minerals in the country.
The (PSB-DF), on Thursday (9). On Friday (10), in a similar text, the PT leader in the House, deputy Pedro Uczai (PT-SC), filed another proposal. In view of the duplicity, this Wednesday, there was a request for the second PL to be attached to the first, starting to be processed only under number 1733/2026.
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According to the authors, the creation of the state-owned company will benefit the development of the critical minerals production chain in Brazil, with the carrying out of geological studies, investment in research and mediation in the signing of contracts in the area, through subsidiaries, consortia or partnerships with public and private companies.
The proposal also foresees that the state mining company will not be limited to critical ores, but can operate in other essential markets, such as the extraction of iron ore.
Another argument raised by Novo is that the project, by imposing minimum national content, restricts exports and reduces the space for private, national and foreign investments.
Brazil currently holds the second largest rare earth reserves in the world. The country’s potential has drawn the attention of other nations, especially the United States, — a movement seen by sectors of the PT as a threat to national sovereignty.
