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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-15-002070
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150930
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150821
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150820

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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:		151067334

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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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<DESCRIPTION>EXCERPT OF THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING OF COMPANHIA SIDERURGICA NACIONAL HELD ON AUGUST 12, 2015, DRAWN UP IN SUMMARY FORMAT.
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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Report of Foreign Private Issuer<BR>Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the</FONT></DIV>

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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B>For the month of August 20, 2015</B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B>Commission File Number 1-14732 </B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=5 face="Times New Roman"><B>COMPANHIA SIDER&#218;RGICA NACIONAL </B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=5 face="Times New Roman"><B>National Steel Company </B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><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 color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">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> Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______

<P>&nbsp;<FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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>Yes _______ No ___X____ </DIV>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">EXCERPT OF THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS&#8217; MEETING OF COMPANHIA SIDER&#218;RGICA NACIONAL HELD ON AUGUST 12, 2015, DRAWN UP IN SUMMARY FORMAT. </FONT></B></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">Date:</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">August 12, 2015.</FONT></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.15pt"><B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">Venue:</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">Av. Brig. Faria Lima, 3400, 20&#186; andar, S&#227;o Paulo &#8211; SP</FONT></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">Attendance:</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">Benjamin Steinbruch (Chairman), Antonio Francisco dos Santos, Fernando Perrone, Antonio Bernardo Vieira Maia, L&#233;o Steinbruch and Luis Felix Cardamone Neto &#8211; Board members;</FONT><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">Claudia Maria Sarti &#8211; General Secretary to the Board of Directors.</FONT></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0pt 0cm 0cm"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matters Discussed:</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">6.1 &#8211; Executive Board &#8211;</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman"> The attending members of Board of Directors unanimously approved, in accordance with article 19, item III of the Bylaws, the reelection of </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">Benjamin Steinbruch</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman">, Brazilian, married, industrialist, bearer of identification document SSP/SP n&#186; 3.627.815-4, inscribed in the roll of individual taxpayers (CPF/MF) under number 618.266.778-87, domiciled at Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima n&#186; 3.400, 20&#186; andar, in the city and state of S&#227;o Paulo, exercising the function of CEO, which includes, in addition to the attributions provided for in the Bylaws, the mining, institutional and railway&nbsp;areas;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">En&#233;as Garcia Diniz</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman">, Brazilian, married, engineer</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman">, </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman">bearer of identification document</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman"> RG no. 04.746.432-6 IFP/RJ, </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman">inscribed in the roll of individual taxpayers (CPF/MF) under number </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman">657.575.057-53,</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman"> domiciled at Rod. BR 393 &#8211; L&#250;cio Meira Km 5,001 &#8211; s/n&#186; - Vila Santa Cec&#237;lia - Volta Redonda, as the Executive Officer responsible for the steel and cement production, energy, ports and environmental areas; </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">Luis Fernando Barbosa Martinez</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman">, Brazilian, married, metallurgical engineer, bearer of identification document (RG) no. 10.527.662 SSP/SP and inscribed in the roll of individual taxpayers (CPF/MF) under number 055.978.608-52, domiciled at Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 3.400, 20&#186; andar, in the city and state of S&#227;o Paulo, as the Executive Officer responsible for the commercial and logistics areas of the steel, cement and specialty sales segments; </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">Paulo Rog&#233;rio Caffarelli</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman">, Brazilian, married, lawyer, bearer of identification document (RG) no. 33813902 SSP/PR and inscribed in the roll of individual taxpayers (CPF/MF) under number 442.887.279-87, domiciled at Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 3400, 20&#186; andar, in the city and state of S&#227;o Paulo, as the Executive Officer responsible for the Company&#8217;s corporate areas; </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">David Moise Salama</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman">,</FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman">Brazilian, married, accountant, bearer of identification document (RG) no. 15.315.057-9 SSP/SP and inscribed in the roll of individual taxpayers (CPF/MF) under number 085.725.298-45, domiciled at Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 3.400, 20&#186; andar, in the city and state of S&#227;o Paulo, as the Executive Officer responsible for the insurance, credit and real estate areas; and </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">Gustavo Henrique Santos de Sousa</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman">, Brazilian, married, business administrator, bearer of identification document (RG) no. 1.373.689-SSP/RN and inscribed in the roll of individual taxpayers (CPF/MF) under number 018.831.394-06, domiciled at Av. Brig. Faria Lima n&#186; 3400, 20&#186; andar, in the city and state of S&#227;o Paulo, as the Executive Officer responsible for the controllership, and tax and fiscal planning areas, accumulating the duties as Investor Relations Officer and, temporarily, being responsible for the treasury area. The executive officers elected herein will have a two-year term of office as of today, extended until the investiture of their replacements, in accordance with article 150, paragraph 4 of Law 6,404/76. The executive officers elected herein will be invested in their positions today, signing their respective terms of investiture and declaring that they are not subject to any impediment and have not been convicted of any crimes provided for in article 147 of Law 6,404/76. As a result, the Company&#8217;s Executive Board will now be composed as follows: </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">Benjamin Steinbruch</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman"> &#8211; CEO; </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">En&#233;as Garcia Diniz</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman"> &#8211; Executive Officer; </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">Luis Fernando Barbosa Martinez</FONT></B><FONT style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman"> &#8211; </FONT></FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman">Executive Officer; </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">Paulo Rog&#233;rio Caffarelli</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman"> &#8211; Executive </FONT></P>

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