ArcelorMittal is the world's leading steel and mining company, with a presence in more than 60 countries and an industrial footprint in 18 countries. Guided by a philosophy to produce safe, sustainable steel, we are the leading supplier of quality steel in the major global steel markets including automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging, with world-class research and development and outstanding distribution networks.
Through our core values of sustainability, quality and leadership, we operate responsibly with respect to the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees, contractors and the communities in which we operate.
For us, steel is the fabric of life, as it is at the heart of the modern world from railways to cars and washing machines. We are actively researching and producing steel-based technologies and solutions that make many of the products and components we use in our everyday lives more energy-efficient.
We are one of the world’s five largest producers of iron ore and metallurgical coal and our mining business is an essential part of our growth strategy. With a geographically diversified portfolio of iron ore and coal assets, we are strategically positioned to serve our network of steel plants and the external global market.
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.