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São Paulo, SP, Brazil
04538-132
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CSN is a leading global steel producer with operations in Latin America, North America, and Europe. The Company is a fully integrated steel producer, the largest coated steel producer in Brazil, with current capacity of 5.6 million tons of crude steel, 5.1 million tons of rolled products and 2.9 million tons of coated steel capacity. Over 50% of CSN’s production consists of high value added steel products. CSN is also the sole tin-plate producer in Brazil and one of the largest producers of tin plate in the world. |
CSN's process is based on the integrated steelworks concept that uses the Company's own sources of iron ore, limestone and dolomite. Besides its captive mines, CSN controls logistics assets - ports and railways – which enable an extremely cost efficient operation. This concept allows CSN to continuously capture important levels of synergies, thus assuring its position as one of the most cost competitive steel producers in the world. |
NOTICE TO THE MARKET
COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL
Publicly-held Company
Rua São José n.° 20, Grupo 1602, parte
Rio de Janeiro/RJ
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ/MF): 33.042.730/0001-04
CSN announces that it has retained Goldman Sachs as its financial advisor in connection with the potential sale of a portion or all shares of Nacional Minérios S.A. (“NAMISA”).
NAMISA is a fully integrated iron ore company (owner of mining rights in the State of Minas Gerais with access to railway transport and port in order to sell/export its production). NAMISA’s business plan provides for the utilization of available iron ore mining and logistics resources, including its own iron ore mines and contracts with third parties, in order to increase its total capacity of iron ore sales/exports from the current level of 14 million tons up to 40 million tons in 2012.
The NAMISA project referred to above does not comprise all of the mining assets of CSN and shall not impact any potential future capital markets transaction involving other mining assets owned by CSN, which continue to be part of the company's strategy.
Rio de Janeiro, April 22, 2008.
COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL
Otávio de Garcia Lazcano
Investor Relations Executive Officer
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Benjamin Steinbruch
Chief Executive Officer and Investor Relations Officer |
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Otávio de Garcia Lazcano
Chief Financial Officer |
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