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Gerdau

Company nameGerdau S.A.
Company typePublic (BM&F Bovespa: GGBR3, GGBR4
NYSE: GGB
BMAD: XGGB)
IndustrySiderurgy
Founded(1901)
HeadquartersBrazil Porto Alegre, Brazil
Key peopleJorge Gerdau Johannpeter, (Chairman)
André Gerdau Johannpeter, (CEO)
ProductsIron & steel
Revenue(-)US$ 15.2 billion (2009)
Net income(-)US$ 574 million (2009)
Employees38.161
SubsidiaryAços Villares
Sidenor
Gerdau Ameristeel

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Gerdau S.A. (BM&F Bovespa: GGBR3, GGBR4 / NYSE: GGB / BMAD: XGGB) is the largest producer of long steel in the Americas, with steel mills in Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Peru, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela. It also holds 40% stake in the Spanish company Sidenor and has a joint venture with Kalyani Group in India. Currently, Gerdau has an installed capacity of 26 million metric tons of steel per year.

The Gerdau Group is one of the agents in the consolidation process of the global steel business. Gerdau is the world’s 14th largest steelmaker and the largest producer of long steel in the Americas. It has 337 industrial and commercial units in the 14 countries where it operates and it has more than 46 thousand employees. Its products, sold on five continents, serve the civil construction, industrial and agricultural sectors. Shares of Gerdau Group companies are traded on the stock exchanges of São Paulo, New York and Madrid and was delisted in Toronto.

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Gerdau Ameristeel is Among the Companies in the Steel Industry With the Lowest ... - Comtex Smartrend Tweet this news
Comtex Smartrend---Gerdau- Ameristeel (NYSE:GNA) ranks first with a loss of 0.09%; Ternium (NYSE:TX) ranks second with a gain of 0.25%; and -Gerdau- (NYSE:GGB) ranks third with a ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:56:14 GMT+00:00
Gerdau Aza forecasts steel rebar consumption of 480000t this year - Chile - Business News Americas Tweet this news
Business News Americas---...- levels registered prior to the global economic crisis, local steelmaker -Gerdau- Aza's general manager Hermann von Muhlenbrock told BNamericas. ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:31:59 GMT+00:00
AK Steel Holding is Among the Companies in the Steel Industry With the Best ... - Comtex Smartrend Tweet this news
Comtex Smartrend--AK Steel Holding (NYSE:AKS) ranks first with a gain of 2.77%; -Gerdau- (NYSE:GGB) ranks second with a gain of 1.87%; and Cia Siderurgica Nacional (NYSE:SID) ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:45:48 GMT+00:00
Gerdau Ameristeel enters into definitive arrangement agreement - American Recycler Newspaper Tweet this news
American Recycler Newspaper---Gerdau- Ameristeel Corporation and -Gerdau- SA have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement to implement the previously announced proposal to take ... - Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:29:36 GMT+00:00
Notice of Gerdau Ameristeel 2010 second quarter conference call - PR Newswire (press release) Tweet this news
PR Newswire (press release)--REFERENCE NUMBER: 90661223 Mario Longhi, President and CEO of -Gerdau- Ameristeel, and Barbara Smith, Vice President and CFO, will co-chair the call. ... - Date : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:31:24 GMT+00:00
Gerdau AmeriSteel in definitive agreement to be taken private by parent - CanadianBusiness.com Tweet this news
CanadianBusiness.com--By The Canadian Press SAO PAULO - -Gerdau- AmeriSteel Corp. (TSX:GNA) announced Wednesday that a definitive agreement has been reached under which its parent, ... - Date : Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:01:41 GMT+00:00
Gerdau's Full Stake in Ameristeel - Zacks.com Tweet this news
Zacks.com--Brazilian steel producer, -Gerdau- SA (GGB - Analyst Report) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining 33.7% stake in its North American ... - Date : Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:59:24 GMT+00:00
Gerdau S.A. and Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation Enter Into Definitive ... - MarketWatch (press release) Tweet this news
MarketWatch (press release)--SAO PAULO, June 30, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- -Gerdau- SA (NYSE:GGB) and -Gerdau- Ameristeel Corporation (NYSE:GNA) (THE:CA:GNA) announced today that they ... - Date : Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:32:03 GMT+00:00
Chile's Gerdau Aza is back to normal production levels - Steel Business Briefing (subscription) Tweet this news
Steel Business Briefing (subscription)--Chilean longs producer -Gerdau- Aza has finally reached normal output levels after its electric arc furnace was brought back into operation two months ago. ... - Date : Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:11:29 GMT+00:00
Gerdau Ameristeel Cuts Energy Use 18% - Environmental Leader Tweet this news
Environmental Leader---Gerdau- Ameristeel has reduced its energy usage at its Knoxville, Tennessee plant by 18 percent and reduced its natural gas use by 47 percent after ... - Date : Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:21:00 GMT+00:00

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