With an output of 34.4mn tonnes, Brazil was the world’s ninth-largest crude steel manufacturer and its fifth-biggest net steel exporter in 2017. The country also plays a central role in the global nonferrous metals processing sector, being the largest primary aluminium producer in Latin America (ninth in the world), the fourth-biggest refined copper manufacturer in Latin America (24th globally), and the undisputed global leader in terms of recycling of aluminium packaging, having reprocessed more than 97% of all aluminium cans sold between 2010 and 2016.

01 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

02 SECTOR FORECAST 

03 SECTOR IN FOCUS

04 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

05 COMPANIES IN FOCUS

06 REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

07 IRON AND STEEL

08 NON-FERROUS METALS