Located on the opposite side of the globe, South America’s Brazil and Chile may be geographically far from Japan, but they are indispensable partners, supplying important mineral resources such as iron ore, copper, and lithium. In this issue's special feature, the former head of JBIC’s Representative Office in Rio de Janeiro and staff working on the frontlines to secure mineral resources for Japanese companies explain the latest developments in Brazil and Chile, their economic relations with Japan, and their proactive efforts to decarbonize resource development.
- Feature Article 1 Working together for Brazil’s
resource-driven economy and
Japan’s technology-driven economy
- Feature Article 2 New JBIC support connects Brazil’s
Vale and Japanese companies for
greener steelmaking
- Feature Article 3 An eco-friendly mine development in Chile, the world’s largest copper producer
PROJECT FRONTLINE Boldly taking on the challenge of supporting a massive project to secure a long-term, stable supply of copper resources for Japanese industry 
OUR GLOBAL CHALLENGES Local factory to key Mazda supplier to Mexico: an aluminum casting maker still taking on new challenges Hiroshima Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd. 
JBIC History Vol.7 A new organization met an unprecedented global financial crisis head-on with special emergency measures 
