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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021
Cash flows from operating activities |  |  |  |  |  |
Profit for the year |  | $ 986,374 |  | $ 2,092,772 |  | $ 4,367,191
Adjustments for: |  |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 657,692 |  | 616,492 |  | 591,790
Impairment charge |  | 42,316 |  | 99,000 |  | 0
Income tax accruals less payments |  | (160,940) |  | (1,195,561) |  | 578,285
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies |  | (105,305) |  | (37,114) |  | (400,732)
Interest accruals less payments/receipts, net |  | (45,139) |  | (24,795) |  | 5,901
Changes in provisions |  | (64,447) |  | (1,069) |  | 11,761
Changes in working capital | [1] | 321,081 |  | 1,152,498 |  | (2,617,789)
Net foreign exchange results and others |  | (236,499) |  | 50,720 |  | 140,908
Net cash provided by operating activities |  | 2,501,124 |  | 2,752,943 |  | 2,677,315
Cash flows from investing activities |  |  |  |  |  |
Capital expenditures and advances to suppliers for PP&E | [2] | (1,460,677) |  | (580,553) |  | (523,610)
Increase in other investments |  | (717,534) |  | (770,638) |  | (579,010)
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment |  | 2,477 |  | 1,912 |  | 1,752
Dividends received from non-consolidated companies |  | 43,075 |  | 28,884 |  | 56,275
Acquisition of non-controlling interest |  | 0 |  | (4,216) |  | (757)
Net cash used in investing activities |  | (1,470,273) |  | (1,324,611) |  | (1,045,350)
Cash flows from (used in) financing activities [abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividends paid in cash to company’s shareholders |  | (569,292) |  | (530,031) |  | (569,292)
Lease payments |  | (58,900) |  | (49,410) |  | (45,604)
Proceeds from borrowings |  | 354,946 |  | 285,908 |  | 246,046
Repayments of borrowings |  | (493,111) |  | (722,644) |  | (485,526)
Net cash used in financing activities |  | (766,357) |  | (1,016,177) |  | (854,376)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents |  | 264,494 |  | 412,155 |  | 777,589
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents [abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Beginning of period |  | 1,653,355 | [3] | 1,276,605 | [3] | 537,882
Effect of exchange rate changes |  | (71,836) |  | (35,405) |  | (38,866)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents |  | 264,494 |  | 412,155 |  | 777,589
End of period | [3] | 1,846,013 |  | 1,653,355 |  | 1,276,605
Non-cash transactions: |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividends paid in kind to non-controlling interest |  | (233,538) |  | (112,293) |  | 0
Acquisition of PP&E under lease contract agreements |  | 16,061 |  | 13,961 |  | 13,758
Adjustments related to post-retirement benefits and contingencies |  | 171,987 |  | 0 |  | 0
Usiminas |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustments for: |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-cash effects related to the increase of the participation in Usiminas |  | 1,105,991 |  | 0 |  | 0
Cash flows from investing activities |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchase consideration |  | (118,686) |  | 0 |  | 0
Cash acquired |  | $ 781,072 |  | $ 0 |  | $ 0
[1] | The working capital is impacted by non-cash movement of $129.3 million as of December 31, 2023 ($24.9 million and $(12.5) million as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively) due to the variations in the exchange rates used by subsidiaries with functional currencies different from the U.S. dollar.
[2] | It includes capital expenditures of $1,201,639 and advances to suppliers for property, plant and equipment of $259,048.
[3] | It includes restricted cash of $3,129, $30 and $58 as of December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. In addition, the Company had other investments with a maturity of more than three months for $2,186,420, $1,975,490 and $1,357,484 as of December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

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- Definition Purchase Of Property, Plant And Equipment And Advances To Suppliers, Classified As Investing Activities + References No definition available. + Details
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