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FILED AS OF DATE:		20110113
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110113

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NATIONAL STEEL CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001049659
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES & ROLLING & FINISHING MILLS [3310]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14732
		FILM NUMBER:		11526723

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		STREET 1:		RUA LAURO MULLER
		STREET 2:		116 36 ANDAR
		CITY:			RIO DE JANEIRO RJ BR
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			00000
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<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Report of Foreign Private Issuer<BR>
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3><B>For the month of January, 2011</B></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3><B>Commission File Number 1-14732 </B></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=5><B>COMPANHIA SIDER&#218;RGICA NACIONAL </B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=5><B>National Steel Company </B></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3><B>Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima 3400, 20&#186; andar<BR>
S&#227;o Paulo, SP, Brazil<BR>
04538-132 </B></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports<BR>
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.&nbsp;</FONT>
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Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______
<P>&nbsp;<FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. </FONT>&nbsp;</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 17pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">COMPANHIA SIDER&#218;RGICA NACIONAL</FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 17pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">Publicly-Held Company</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 17pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">Corporate Taxpayer&#146;s ID (CNPJ/MF): 33.042.730/0001-04</FONT></P>
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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 17pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS&#146; MEETING</FONT></B></H1>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">CALL NOTICE</FONT></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 17pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">The Shareholders of COMPANHIA SIDER&#218;RGICA NACIONAL are hereby summoned to attend the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting to be held on January 28, 2011, at 11:00 a.m., at the Company's headquarters, located at Rua S&#227;o Jos&#233; </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; LINE-HEIGHT: 17pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">n&#186; 20 - Grupo 1602, parte, Centro, in the city and state of Rio de Janeiro, in order to resolve on the following Agenda:</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 42.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">(i)</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">to examine, discuss and approve the Protocol and Justification of the Merger by Companhia Sider&#250;rgica Nacional ("CSN") of its subsidiary CSN A&#231;os Longos S.A., inscribed in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under no. 05.023.529/0001-44 (&#147;CSN A&#231;os Longos&#148;); </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 42.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" face="Times New Roman,serif"></FONT>&nbsp;</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 42.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">(ii)</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">to approve and ratify the hiring of KPMG Auditores Independentes, a specialized company responsible for drawing up the accounting appraisal report of CSN A&#231;os Longos&#146; shareholders&#146; equity, to be transferred to CSN; </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0in 42.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman,serif"></FONT>&nbsp;</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 42.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">(iii)</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">to examine and approve the above-mentioned accounting appraisal report of CSN A&#231;os Longos&#146; shareholders&#146; equity on the reference date of&nbsp; December 31, 2010; </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0in 42.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman,serif"></FONT>&nbsp;</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 42.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">(iv)</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">to discuss and approve the merger of CSN A&#231;os Longos by CSN, pursuant to the terms and conditions established by the above-mentioned Protocol and Justification of Merger.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 17pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">As of the date of this Call Notice, the following documents are available to Shareholders at the Company&#146;s headquarters: (i) the accounting appraisal report of CSN A&#231;os Longos&#146; shareholders&#146; equity and (ii) the Protocol and Justification of Merger for the merger transaction to be resolved upon.</FONT></P>
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<H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 17pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">Rio de Janeiro, January 12, 2011</FONT></H2> <H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 17pt" face="Times New Roman,serif"></FONT>&nbsp;</H2> <H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 17pt" face="Times New Roman,serif"></FONT>&nbsp;</H2> <H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 17pt" face="Times New Roman,serif"></FONT>&nbsp;</H2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 17pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">Benjamin Steinbruch</FONT></P>
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<DIV style="TEXT-INDENT: 4%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-INDENT: 4%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Date: January 13, 2011</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=2>/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;Benjamin Steinbruch </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=2>/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;Paulo Penido Pinto Marques </FONT></DIV>
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<P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>This press release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are statements that are not historical facts, and are based on management's current view and estimates of future economic circumstances, industry conditions, company performance and financial results. The words "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "expects", "plans" and similar expressions, as they relate to the company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the declaration or payment of dividends, the implementation of principal operating and financing strategies and capital expenditure plans, the direction of future operations and the factors or trends affecting financial condition, liquidity or results of operations are examples of forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views of management and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. There is no guarantee that the expected events, trends or 
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