TAMPA, FL, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Gerdau Ameristeel
Corporation (NYSE: GNA; TSX: GNA) today announced that Terry K. Sutter, Vice President, Chief Operating
Officer, will be leaving the company for personal reasons effective
May 21, 2010.
"On behalf of Gerdau Ameristeel, I would like to thank Terry for
his contributions to the company and wish him and his family well
for the future," said Mario Longhi,
President and CEO.
About Gerdau Ameristeel
Gerdau Ameristeel is the second largest mini-mill steel producer
in North America, with annual
manufacturing capacity of approximately 12 million tons of mill
finished steel products. Through its vertically integrated network
of mini-mills, scrap recycling facilities and downstream
operations, Gerdau Ameristeel serves customers throughout
the United States and Canada. The Company's products are generally
sold to steel service centers, steel fabricators, or directly to
original equipment manufacturers for use in a variety of
industries, including non-residential, infrastructure, commercial,
industrial and residential construction, metal building,
manufacturing, automotive, mining, cellular and electrical
transmission and equipment manufacturing. Gerdau Ameristeel's
majority shareholder is the Gerdau Group, a 100+ year old steel
company, the leading company in the production of long steel in the
Americas and one of the major specialty long steel suppliers in the
world. Gerdau Ameristeel's common shares are traded on the New York
Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker
symbol GNA.
SOURCE Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation