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Significant events in the current year (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Significant Events In Current Year |
Relevant events and transactions |
Relevant events and transactions |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Notes |  | Income Statement |  | Cash Flow
Discontinued operations (Coal) |  | 16(a) |  | 2,060 |  | (73)
Capital reduction in a foreign subsidiary |  | 15(a) |  | 1,543 |  | -
Sale of Midwestern System |  | 16(b) |  | 1,158 |  | 140
Sale of California Steel Industries |  | 16(c) |  | 292 |  | 437
Shareholder’s remuneration |  | 30(d) |  | - |  | (6,615)
Shares buyback |  | 30(c) |  | - |  | (6,036)
Sale of Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém |  | 16(d) |  | (135) |  | -

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