The largest steel producer in Brazil and leader in the global market, the ArcelorMittal Group has around 127 thousand employees, 20 thousand of them in Brazil, and serves customers in 140 countries, with the purpose of creating intelligent steel for people and the planet. The company has industrial units in eight states (MG, ES, RJ, SC, CE, BA, SP and MS), in addition to the largest distribution network in the country. It was the first company in the Americas with a unit certified by ResponsibleSteel, one of the most respected ESG certifications in the world. Brazilian plants have an annual production capacity of 15.5 million tons of crude steel and 5.1 million tons of iron ore and serve the automotive, household appliances, civil construction, oil and gas, machinery and equipment, among others. The company also operates in areas such as energy generation for its own consumption, production of renewable bioreducer (charcoal from planted eucalyptus forests) and information technology.