Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional
| Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional
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| legal form | Sociedade Anônima |
| ISIN | BRCSNAACNOR6 |
| founding | 1941 |
| Seat |
Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
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| management | Benjamin Steinbruch ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 20,791 (2011) |
| sales | 8,810,000,000 US dollars (2011) |
| Branch | Montan |
| Website | www.csn.com.br |
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional ( CSN ) is a listed Brazilian mining company with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro . The company is part of the IBOVESPA share index .
CSN's main plant is in the city of Volta Redonda in the state of Rio de Janeiro . Benjamin Steinbruch is the managing director.
history
CSN was founded on April 9, 1941 as a state-owned company by the Brazilian government under President Getúlio Vargas . The company was founded as a result of an agreement between the US and Brazilian governments against the backdrop of the Second World War. Since 1946, under the presidency of Eurico Gaspar Dutra, the company was subordinate to the goal of developing the Brazilian economy.
In 1993, CSN was privatized under the National Program for Privatization by the Itamar Franco government.
The main plants are in Volta Redonda, in the Vale do Paraibo region (in the south of the state of Rio de Janeiro). CSN's iron ore mines are located in the towns of Congonhas and Arcos, both in the state of Minas Gerais . The coal mines are in Siderópolis, in the state of Santa Catarina .
production
CSN produces various types of steel and sells them to 71 other countries worldwide (as of 2005).
Company holdings
CSN includes companies such as:
- GalvaSud
- Inal
- CISA
- TECON Sepetiba
- TECAR
- Transnordestina Logística
CSN also controls the logistics company MRS Logística SA , FCN, in the rail sector. CSN owns the Igarapava and Itá hydropower plants and other factories in the United States (acquisition of Hearland Steel ) and Portugal.
In 2006 CSN submitted a takeover bid for the Corus mining company . However, the company was taken over by the Indian competitor Tata Steel .
The Thuringia steelworks in Unterwellenborn has been part of the CSN Group since February 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional: Annual Report 2011 ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, PDF; 2.0 MB)
- ↑ Os Presidentes ea República: Deodoro da Fonseca a Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , 2nd ed., Rio de Janeiro, 2003, pg. 189
