Located in Rio Grande do Sul, 230 km from Porto Alegre, the municipality of Soledade is the largest center for processing, marketing and exporting gemstones in the state.

With about 30,000 inhabitants, the city has become an industrial center for minerals and precious stones due to the presence of renowned companies in the sector in the region. Fifteen of them are participants in the Brazilian Minerals buyer project, an action by Precious Brazil, an initiative of the Brazilian Institute of Gems and Precious Metals (IBGM) in partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil).

The project aims to enhance the reach of the products of these factories in the international market, mainly in the furniture and decoration segment. And for that, it has a website that is a virtual catalog that exposes some of the possibilities that manufacturers in the region can offer.

From smaller items, such as key rings, coasters and soap dishes, to larger ones, such as tables, sinks and vases, the idea of ​​braminerals.com/ is to bring together all the factories in one place, in addition to capturing the resources of the Precious Brazil sectoral project. and conquer an international projection.

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About ApexBrasil

The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad and attract foreign investment to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy. The Agency carries out diversified trade promotion actions, such as prospective and trade missions, business roundtables, support for Brazilian companies to participate in major international fairs, and visits by foreign buyers and opinion makers to learn about the Brazilian production structure.

About Precious Brazil

The Sectorial Project aims to support and promote Brazilian companies in the Brazilian stone, jewelry and jewelry segments that want to export their products, whether they are beginners, exporters or internationalized ones. Conducted by IBGM – Brazilian Institute of Gems and Precious Metals in partnership with Apex-Brasil – Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency – the project currently serves around 85 companies in the sector.