Brazilian Steel

Semi-finished steel slabs are cut at 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. 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)

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Semi-finished steel slabs are cut at 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. 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)

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