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With a 125-year history, Gerdau is the Brazilian largest steel producer and one of the leading producers of long steels and special steel in the world. In Brazil, it also produces flat steels and iron ore. With the purpose of empowering people who build the future, the company is a leading example of internationalization in the Brazilian industrial sector, operates in several countries across the Americas, and employs 30,000 people in all its operations. The company has 29 steel production units, of which 13 are plants located in North America. One of the largest recyclers in Latin America, scrap is an important raw material for Gerdau, which uses it for around 70% of the steel it produces. Every year, Gerdau transforms 10 million tonnes of scrap into a variety of steel products. As a result of its sustainable production matrix, Gerdau currently has one of the industry's lowest average greenhouse gas emissions (CO₂e), amounting to half the global industry average. The company even has a brand specifically for a line of low-carbon products, called Gerdau NewEco. Gerdau’s shares are listed on the São Paulo (B3) and New York (NYSE) stock exchanges.

A new brand; a new culture. That’s Usiminas, the greatest steel Mill complex of flat steel in Latin America. With a new way of being, relating and conducting each business, Usiminas, in Brazil and in the world, breaks barriers and evolves. GESTION To continuously search for excellence in flat steel production and commercialization, achieving world- class performance indexes and practices without disregarding the social dimension. That's Usiminas' mission as one of the leading Brazilian steel companies, started-up in 1962 to support the country's social and economic development. WHERE ARE WE In Ipatinga, in Cubatão or in Santana do Paraíso: it is Usiminas acting in a responsible and compromised way. EVOLUTION Usiminas grew and evolved without ever losing sight of its civilizing mission. Check out here facts that marked our history.

Fundada em 1933, a Votorantim Cimentos é, hoje, uma das maiores empresas internacionais do setor. O portfólio de materiais de construção vai além dos cimentos e inclui concretos, argamassas e agregados. A companhia também atua nas áreas de insumos agrícolas, gestão de resíduos e coprocessamento. São quase 12 mil empregados e uma receita líquida de R$ 13 bilhões em 2019. As unidades da Votorantim Cimentos estão estrategicamente próximas aos mais importantes mercados consumidores em crescimento e presente em dez países, além do Brasil: Argentina, Bolívia, Canadá, Espanha, Estados Unidos, Luxemburgo, Marrocos, Tunísia, Turquia e Uruguai. Mais informações, acesse nosso site: