CSN
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) is a flat rolled steel producer in Brazil. Its main production facility is located in Volta Redonda, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Latest News
Portuguese Mill Taps Danieli Service for Pickling Line Project
30 October 2023 - Brazil’s CSN Group has contracted Danieli Service to upgrade a pickling line payoff reel at its Lusosider Aços Planos S.A. mill in Portugal.
CSN Completes Second Round of Caster Upgrades
06 March 2023 - Brazilian integrated producer Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) has commissioned the second phase of upgrades to its 2-strand slab caster, reports project contractor Russula.
CSN to Purchase Metal Can Producer
01 December 2021 - The Brazilian steelmaker announced last week it has entered into an agreement to acquire metal can maker Metalgráfica, reports Reuters.
CSN Backs Silicon Valley Hydrogen Startup
08 November 2021 - San Francisco-based 1S1 Energy intends to use the funding from the Brazilian steelmaker’s venture capital fund to manufacture electrolyzers for the production of green hydrogen.
SDI Expands Flat-Rolled Operation Through US$400 Million Acquisition
15 May 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. said it will acquire Companhia Siderurgica Nacional’s (CSN) coil processing operation in Terre Haute, Ind., USA, for US$400 million in cash.
Looking to Reduce Debt, CSN Eyes Asset Sales
28 March 2018 - Companhia Siderurgica Nacional chief executive Benjamin Steinbruch said the Brazilian steelmaker is planning to sell between US$600 and US$901 million worth of assets this year to pay down debt, reports the Reuters news service.
Brazil's CSN Looks to Part Ways With Usiminas
13 July 2016 - Brazil’s Cia Siderúrgica Nacional SA said it will sell its stake in rival Usiminas, but only after it minimizes losses on its investment in the business, the company said Wednesday, reports the Reuters news service.
CSN Announces 1Q15 results
12 May 2015 - CSN – Companhia Siderurgica Nacional announced its results for the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15).
Germany's Stahlwerk Thüringen Hopes to Expand Range of Heavy Sections
05 February 2015 - The company is planning to expand its range of beams to produce wider dimensions that can bear heavier loads.
Broner’s Integrated Scheduling Solution Goes Live at CSN in Brazil
03 June 2014 - Broner Metals Solutions, worldwide specialist provider of integrated MES (manufacturing execution systems), supply chain and scheduling solutions for metals, announced its newly integrated casting and hot mill scheduling solutions are now live in production at CSN’s Volta Redonda steelmaking site in Brazil, which will enable them to achieve significant inventory reductions.
CSN announces Q1 2013 results
16 May 2013 - Brazilian flat-steel maker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (SID, CSNA3.BR), or CSN, late Wednesday reported a drop of 82% in its first-quarter net profit, due to the rise of its costs in the period.
Ternium Named in CSN Lawsuit in Brazil
05 February 2013 - Ternium S.A. announced that it was made aware by Tenaris S.A. of the filing of a lawsuit in Brazil by Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) and various entities affiliated with CSN against Ternium Investments S.àr.l., its subsidiary Siderar, and Confab Industrial S.A., a Brazilian subsidiary of Tenaris.
CSN Said to Offer US$3 Billion for ThyssenKrupp Plants
04 December 2012 - Cia. Siderurgica Nacional SA, Brazil’s third-largest steelmaker by output, offered about US$3 billion to buy the two ThyssenKrupp AG’s plants in the Americas, according to two people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports.
