GERDAU
What will the buildings of the future look like? What solutions need to be developed for the prosperity of the generations to come? These and many other questions are in the minds and hearts of our employees, who, together with our customers, suppliers, and other partners, are creating, articulating, and developing products and services that can respond to the world’s urgent demands. Sustainability and innovation are the driving forces behind the search for new solutions in an increasingly open and collaborative environment.
Today, we are the largest Brazilian multinational steel producer. Our products go into various sectors, such as construction, auto, machinery, shipbuilding, energy… Gerdau is everywhere you look. And we want much more.
Ready to go beyond steel, we have a new business arm, Gerdau Next, which develops, owns, or controls companies in the construction, logistics, infrastructure, and renewable energy sectors, in addition to accelerating and investing in startups.
We aspire to be one of the safest, most profitable, and most admired companies in the steel chain in the world, as well as one of the most prominent in the Americas.
10 principles
To build our story, we believe in empowering people, valuing talent, diversity, safety, and ethics.
We work to generate and share value with everyone we interact with, always based on our 10 principles.
We have more than 30,000 employees worldwide and are proud to be constantly building a strong, diverse, and inclusive culture that transforms itself without losing sight of what drives us: our purpose.
We take care of our PEOPLE and they are building an even better future, together with us!
Timeline
Our journey
Our story began more than 120 years ago. Since then, a lot has changed in the world - and we also have been changing to keep evolving and writing this story. We have become the largest Brazilian steel producer, with a presence in several countries in the Americas and a strong commitment to the future of our country and the development of the industry. It is the traces of memory that motivate us to continue contributing to the construction of a new future. Learn more about our history.
Corporate Profile
In its 123-year history, Gerdau is Brazil’s largest steel producer and one of the main suppliers of long steel in the Americas and special steel in the world. In Brazil, it also produces flat steel and iron ore for its own consumption.
With the purpose of empowering people who build the future, the Company is present in 7 countries and has more than 30,000 direct and indirect employees in all its operations. The largest recycler in Latin America, Gerdau uses scrap as an important raw material: 71% of the steel it produces is made from this material. Every year, 11 million tonnes of scrap are transformed into various steel products. The Company is also the world’s largest charcoal producer, with more than 250,000 hectares of forest in the state of Minas Gerais.
Gerdau shares are listed on the São Paulo (B3) and New York (NYSE) stock exchanges
We are part of a large ecosystem, managing our chain in a sustainable way, valuing our people, respecting the environment and social well-being. By fostering business growth, we create value for everyone involved.
Our daily commitment is to prosper with vision, courage, empathy, knowledge and responsibility, contributing to a better life for all.
Gerdau in numbers
Gerdau is the largest ferrous scrap recycler in Latin America
transforming 11 million tonnes of scrap into steel each year in its operations in Brazil and abroad.
Our Operations
Business Operation
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- Brazil BD
- Special Steel BD
- North America BD
- South America BD
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Annual rolling capacity (thousand tonnes)
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Aço Norte - PE
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Barão de Cocais - MG
Local: 2 Capacity: 2Cearense - CE
Local: 3 Capacity: 3Cosigua - RJ
Local: 4 Capacity: 4Divinópolis - MG
Local: 1 Capacity:Guaíra - PR
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Usiba - BA
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Riograndense - RS
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Caucaia - CE
Local: 1 Capacity: 1São Paulo - SP
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Contagem - MG
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Sete Lagoas - MG
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Ouro Branco - MG
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Mexico
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Cambridge - ON
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Manitoba - MB
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Whitby ON
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Cartersville - GA
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Charlotte - NC
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Jackson - TN
Local: 1 Capacity: 1St. Paul - MN
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Wilton - IA
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Midlothian - TX
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Petersburg - VA
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Uruguai
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Argentina
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Peru
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Pindamonhangaba - SP
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Mogi das Cruzes - SP
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Charqueadas - RS
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Forth Smith - AR
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Jackson - MI
Local: 1 Capacity: 1Monroe - MI
Local: 1 Capacity: 1People's safety is one of Gerdau's non-negotiable values; it is a fundamental part of our organizational culture.
Gerdau has two iron ore mines in Minas Gerais, that supply the Ouro Branco integrated mill.
In line with Gerdau's commitment to be part of the solutions to society's challenges and to have a positive impact on the regions in which it operates, we have used only the dry stacking method to dispose of 100% of mining tailings in Minas Gerais since February 2023.
We are the largest recycler of steel scrap in Latin America, reaching 11 million tons per year, with 71% of our steel produced from this material.
Gerdau has 250,000 hectares of renewable eucalyptus forests in Minas Gerais. Of this total, 91,000 hectares are earmarked for the conservation of native forests. This is an area larger than the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Currently, we are the world's largest producer of charcoal, which is used as a bioreducer in the manufacture of pig iron.
Aware of our social and environmental responsibility, we have made environmental and social investments, including support for 456 projects in the areas of housing, recycling and entrepreneurship education, with the involvement of around 2,000 volunteer employees.
Created in 2020, Gerdau Next is our business arm aimed at diversifying the Gerdau portfolio of products and services into segments adjacent to steel, which are strategic and profitable in a transformation movement that follows the paths of sustainability, mobility and productivity in the construction sector.
Newave Energia, one of Gerdau Next's investment tracks, is developing greenfield electricity generation projects with a capacity of approximately 2.5 GW, exclusively from solar or wind sources, with generation expected to start in 2025 and 2026. Thirty percent of the energy generated by Newave Energia will be consumed by Gerdau's mills.
SIDERPERU, our largest industrial operation in South America after Brazil, joins the Gerdau Summit as the first, and only, steel industries in the world with B Certification for high ESG standards in the organization.
