The Usiminas Corporation, Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A., was organized with joint capitals, Brazillian and Japanese, in proportion of 60 and 40 percents, respectively, in order to put forward the industrial development project of Brazil.
Only the planning and construction of the coke ovens and the chemical by-products plant of the Steel mill (with a couple of 700t blast furnaces), were carried out under the supervision of Fuji Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
Therefore, the report gives an outline of the coke ovens and chemical by-products plant together with the description of circumstances under which the project was finally decided and also some problems, which remain to be solved.
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