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With a history spanning 122 years, GerdauisBrazil'slargeststeelproducer,oneoftheleadingproducersoflongsteelintheAmericasandofspecialsteelintheworld. In Brazil, Gerdau also produces flat steel and iron ore for its own use. Gerdau also has a new business division, Gerdau Next, which fosters entrepreneurship in segments adjacent to the steel industry. Guided by its purpose of empowering people who build the future, Gerdau has operations in nine countries and over 30,000 direct and indirect employees. Gerdau is the largest recycling company in Latin America and uses scrap as an important input, with 73% of the steel it produces made from scrap. Every year, Gerdau transforms 11 million tonnes of scrap into a variety of steel products. Gerdau also is the world’s largest charcoal producer, with over 250 hectares of planted forests in the state of Minas Gerais. As a result of its sustainable production matrix, Gerdau currently has one of the industry’s lowest average greenhouse gas emissions (CO₂e), of 0.86t/CO₂e per tonne of steel, which is about half the global industry average of 1.91 t/CO₂e per tonne of steel (worldsteel). By 2031, Gerdau’s target is to reduce its carbon emissions to 0.83 t/CO₂e per tonne of steel. Gerdau’s shares are listed on the São Paulo (B3), New York (NYSE) and Madrid (Latibex) 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.

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