Represent
We work on your behalf in agreed supplier discussions, meetings and local follow-up. Your team has a clear point of contact for questions, outstanding matters and next steps.
Pipeli Business | Critical Minerals
Your critical minerals team in Brazil.
We represent international buyers, assess potential suppliers and monitor developments that could affect your sourcing plans.
Our focus starts with rare earths in Poços de Caldas and selected projects across Minas Gerais.
Poços de Caldas office launching in 2027.
Discuss your sourcing plansDiscuss your 2027 requirements with us now. Scope and start dates are agreed for each engagement.
Local follow-through for your sourcing decisions.
For international buyers assessing future supply, qualifying a potential supplier or managing an existing relationship in Brazil.
Monitor
We track named projects and suppliers against your priorities. Updates explain what changed, the evidence available and how it could affect your sourcing plans.
Verify
We check commercial information against documents, official records and agreed local checks. Findings distinguish what is supported by evidence, what a supplier has stated and what remains unresolved.
Know what changed and what needs attention.
Critical Supply Monitoring follows the projects and suppliers relevant to your requirements. Depending on the mandate, it can cover permitting milestones, development progress, ownership changes, supplier commitments and qualification steps.
Each update identifies the evidence, the possible implication for your plans and the next action.
- Project or supplier
- Illustrative Project A
- What changed
- Supplier proposes a revised commissioning date
- Evidence
- Supplier statement; supporting schedule requested
- Buyer implication
- Qualification timing may need review
- Next action
- Obtain the revised schedule and review the impact with the buyer
Illustrative example — not a client report.
Reports distinguish information supplied by counterparties, independently checked evidence and open questions.
Support agreed around your priorities.
- 01
Discuss your requirements
Tell us what material, supplier or project you are considering, your timetable and the local support you need.
- 02
Agree the mandate
We define the coverage, activities, reporting, responsibilities, fees and start date in a written proposal.
- 03
Begin the agreed work
We carry out the agreed work and report findings, outstanding questions and next actions.
An engagement can cover a focused assessment, ongoing monitoring or broader buyer representation. Site visits and specialist assignments are scoped separately where required.
Buyer representation is commissioned by the buyer. We agree confidentiality and address potential conflicts before work begins. Technical testing and specialist legal or engineering assessments are separately scoped with qualified professionals where required.
Poços de Caldas office launching in 2027.
Poços de Caldas office launching in 2027.
The planned office will support Pipeli’s Critical Minerals work in Poços de Caldas and selected projects across Minas Gerais.
We welcome enquiries now from international buyers planning their Brazilian sourcing activity for 2027. Coverage, delivery arrangements and start dates are agreed for each mandate.
Patrick Heiberg
Co-founder · Pipeli Business
Patrick leads the commercial relationship and agreed coordination for Pipeli Business.
Meet PatrickQuestions
Can we discuss a mandate before the office opens?
Yes. We welcome enquiries now and can discuss requirements and agree the scope of a 2027 engagement. Poços de Caldas office launching in 2027. Delivery arrangements and start dates are agreed individually.
Do we need to have a Brazilian supplier already?
No. We can discuss a defined assessment of potential suppliers or projects, as well as support for an existing relationship.
Does the service include technical certification or guaranteed supply?
Pipeli provides commercial research, buyer representation and coordination. Technical assessments and testing require appropriately qualified specialists. Material availability, specifications and delivery commitments must be established with the supplier.
Planning your critical minerals sourcing in Brazil?
Tell us which material, supplier or project you are considering and where you need local support.
Discuss your sourcing plans