Gerdau S.A. announced that the company will resume steel production operations at the Araucária, Paraná unit in the second half of this year due to the positive scenario for steel demand in Brazil, especially in the construction, infrastructure and industry sectors. Investments to resume operations at the mill are around BRL 55 million. The unit, with annual crude steel production capacity of 420,000 tons, has been in hibernation since 2014 and will gradually resume operations, adjusting its production volume to the evolution of the domestic market. As a result, approximately 300 new direct and indirect jobs will be created.