OREANDA-NEWS. Gerdau was recognized with IR Magazine Awards Brazil 2013, which analyses the excellence in the transparency of the information and communication with investors from major public companies based in Brazil. The company was awarded as having the Best Investor Relations Website - large cap, which is made up of institutions with a market value of over BRL 3 billion. With an average of 8,000 hits per month, Gerdau’s IR website caters to its more than 130,000 shareholders and to market analysts by providing financial information from the Company with agility and quality in the stock market.

Gerdau is a leading producer of long steel in the Americas and one of the largest suppliers of special steel in the world. With over 45,000 employees, it has industrial operations in 14 countries - in the Americas, Europe and Asia - which together represent an installed capacity of over 25 million metric tons of steel per year. It is the largest recycler in Latin America and around the world it transforms, each year, millions of metric tons of scrap into steel, reinforcing its commitment to sustainable development in the regions where it operates. With more than 140,000 shareholders, the Company is listed on the stock exchanges of Sao Paulo, New York and Madrid.