v3.26.1
INVENTORIES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Notes and other explanatory information [abstract]  
Schedule of inventories
     
      Consolidated
  12/31/2025   12/31/2024
Finished goods 3,565,541   4,250,175
Work in progress 4,515,197   3,976,448
Raw materials 2,804,157   2,845,578
Storeroom supplies  1,649,866   1,255,176
Advances to suppliers 99,325   23,463
Provision for losses (105,060)   (149,927)
  12,529,026   12,200,913
       
Classified:      
Current 10,455,500   10,439,741
Non-current (1) 2,073,526   1,761,172
  12,529,026   12,200,913
(1)Long-term inventories of iron ore that will be processed when implementing new beneficiation plants, which will generate Pellet Feed as a final product. The start of operations is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2028.
Schedule of changes in expected losses on inventories
     
        Consolidated
    12/31/2025   12/31/2024
Opening balance    (149,927)   (121,871)
Reversal/(Provision for losses) on inventories with low turnover and obsolescence  44,867   (28,056)
Closing balance    (105,060)   (149,927)