Usiminas Belo Horizonte
Rua Prof. José Vieira de Mendonça, 3011
31310-260 Belo Horizonte MG
T 55 31 3499-8000
F 55 31 3499-8899
www.usiminas.com
USINAS SIDERÚRGICAS DE MINAS GERAIS S.A. - USIMINAS
CNPJ/MF 60.894.730/0001-05
NIRE 313.000.1360-0
Publicly Traded Company
MATERIAL FACT
Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. – USIMINAS (“Usiminas” or “Company”), by
its Vice President of Finance and Investors Relations undersigned and pursuant to the terms
of §4º of article 157 of Law nº 6.404/1976 and CVM Instruction nº 358/2002, hereby
informs its shareholders and the public in general that its Board of Officers, at a meeting
held on October 28th, 2015, decided to temporarily interrupt the activities of the primary
areas of the Cubatão/SP Plant. The deactivation process will be gradual and will involve
sinter and coke plants, blast furnaces (one of which had already paralyzed its activities
since May 2015) and steelworks, as well as all the activities associated with such
equipments.
Such
adjustment
intends
to
reposition
Usiminas
into
a
new
level
of
scale
and
competitiveness before an economic context of progressive deterioration of the steel
market.
In this scenario, the Cubatão Plant will cease to produce slabs, but its hot and cold rolling
lines will remain active, as well as the activities related to its port terminal. The heavy
plates rolling line will remain temporarily suspended.
Belo Horizonte, October 29th, 2015.
Ronald Seckelmann
Vice President of Finances and Investors Relations