Brazil is headquarters to more than half of the Gerdau Group's steel production. Gerdau Açominas, which is responsible for the Group's steelmaking operations in Brazil, controls 10 steel mills, five downstream operations and 11 rebar fabricating units. Gerdau Açominas owns pig iron production units and scrap collection and processing centers in addition to iron ore reserves. Comercial Gerdau, distributor of steel products in Brazil, services national customers with long steel, specialty steel and flat steel products.