A view of the Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) in Volta Redonda, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 13, 2003. CSN, which began operations in 1946 and privatized in 1993, is Brazil's oldest integrated steel producer in Brazil and boasts being the largest in Latin America. The establishment of CSN paved the way for Brazil's current industrialization. It is the only tin-plate producer in Brazil. With low production costs and huge reserves of iron ore, Brazil replaced Mexico as the number 2 US steel supplier in 2002, after Canada. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
An view of the Companhia Siderurgica de Tubaro (CST) in Serra, an industrial suburb of Vitoria in Brazil's Espirito Santo state, Tuesday, March 11, 2003. CST makes semi-finished steel (slabs) for export and hold about 20 percent of the world market share. The company, which began operations in 1983 and was privatized in 1992, also recently inaugurated a "hot strip" mill as well for the domestic market. California Steel Industries is one of the partners along with Brazilian and Japanese investors. 49 percent of their slab exports go to North America while 23 percent go to Europe, 21 percent to Asia and seven percent to South America. With low production costs and huge reserves of iron ore, Brazil replaced Mexico as the number 2 US steel supplier in 2002, after Canada. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
Hot strip steel is rolled at the Companhia Siderurgica de Tubaro (CST) in Serra, an industrial suburb of Vitoria in Brazil's Espirito Santo state, Tuesday, March 11, 2003. CST makes semi-finished steel (slabs) for export and hold about 20 percent of the world market share. The company, which began operations in 1983 and was privatized in 1992, also recently inaugurated a "hot strip" mill as well for the domestic market. California Steel Industries is one of the partners along with Brazilian and Japanese investors. 49 percent of their slab exports go to North America while 23 percent go to Europe, 21 percent to Asia and seven percent to South America. With low production costs and huge reserves of iron ore, Brazil replaced Mexico as the number 2 US steel supplier in 2002, after Canada. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
