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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-13-087636
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20131129
FILED AS OF DATE:		20131129
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20131129

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GERDAU S.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001073404
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES & ROLLING & FINISHING MILLS [3310]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D5
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14878
		FILM NUMBER:		131249267

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AVENIDA FARRAPOS, 1811
		CITY:			PORTO ALEGRE, RIO GRANDE DO SU
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			90220-005
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011-55-51-3323-2703

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AVENIDA FARRAPOS, 1811
		CITY:			PORTO ALEGRE, RIO GRANDE DO SU
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			90220-005

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GERDAU SA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19981112
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Dated November&nbsp;29, 2013</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused the Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;November&nbsp;29, 2013</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">By:<u>/s/ Andr&#233; Pires de Oliveira Dias&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;Andr&#233; Pires de Oliveira Dias</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive   Vice President Investor Relations Officer</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Announcement,   November&nbsp;28, 2013</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="4" face="Arial" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Gerdau announces investments of R$ 5.8 billion in Minas Gerais</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><i><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-style:italic;">Gerdau and the government of the state of Minas Gerais sign an agreement to expand the mining operations and to install a unit to produce and distribute flat steel products</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:28.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Gerdau, the leading long steel producer in the Americas and one of the world&#146;s leading suppliers of special long steels, announced today (Nov.&nbsp;28), jointly with the government of Minas Gerais at an event organized at Pal&#225;cio Liberdade, investments of R$ 5.8 billion by 2020, which will be mainly used to expand the Company&#146;s iron ore mining operations. This initiative should generate 2,000 direct jobs and 300 indirect jobs in the state. In addition, 9,000 temporary jobs will be created during the construction phase.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:32.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">With these investments, the Company will expand its annual iron ore processing capacity to 24 million metric tons by 2020. The investments involve the expansion of Ore Treatment Unit 2 (OTM 2), which should be completed by the end of 2016, and the construction of a new unit in this segment (OTM 3) that should begin operating by the end of 2020. The projects will be located in Miguel Burnier (Ouro Preto) and V&#225;rzea do Lopes (Itabirito).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:28.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Gerdau will also build in the state a unit to produce and distribute flat steel, a segment in which it began production this year with the startup of the rolling mill to produce hot rolled coil at Ouro Branco. The unit, which should start operations in 2016, will produce and distribute products such as plates, strips, coils, beams and tiles.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:28.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Gerdau CEO Andr&#233; B. Gerdau Johannpeter said that the partnership with the government of Minas Gerais is fundamental for the realization of these projects, which are expected to add value to the state&#146;s market and to create new opportunities for the region. &#147;By investing R$ 5.8 billion at such a challenging moment for the steel industry, we are reaffirming our belief in the development of Brazil and of Minas Gerais. The decision to invest in Minas underscores the state&#146;s vocation for mining and steel production,&#148; he said.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:28.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Today Minas Gerais is one of the key growth platforms in the world for Gerdau, which has industrial facilities in 14 countries. In Minas, Gerdau is the largest steel producer and is present in various municipalities. Two of the Company&#146;s biggest investments ever are in the state: the production of flat steel in Brazil at the Ouro Branco mill and the mining operations.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Ouro Branco, November&nbsp;28, 2013.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Andre Pires de Oliveira Dias</font></p>
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