Gerdau SA (NYSE:GGB) Q2 2022 Earnings Conference Call August 3, 2022 1:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Renata Battiferro - IR

Gustavo Werneck - CEO & Director

Rafael Japur - EVP, CFO & IR Officer

Conference Call Participants

Rafael Barcellos - Santander

Daniel Sasson - Itaú BBA

Thiago Lofiego - Bradesco BBI

Renata Battiferro

[Technical Difficulty] Gerdau's conference call to discuss the results of the second quarter of 2022. [Operator Instructions]. We inform that this video conference is being recorded and will be made available on the company's IR website, ri.gerdau.com, where the complete earnings release is available. You can also download the presentation on the Chat icon.

[Operator Instructions]. I would like to emphasize that any forward-looking statements that might be made during this conference call related to Gerdau's business outlook, projections and financial and operating costs are a mere assumptions and beliefs based on the management's expectations related to the future of the company as well as on information currently available. Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions because they relate to future events, and therefore, depend on circumstances that may or may not occur.

Investors should understand that general economic conditions, market conditions and other operating factors may also affect Gerdau's future performance and lead to results that differ materially from those expressed in such forward looking statements.

Here with us today are Gerdau's CEO, Gustavo Werneck; and Gerdau's CFO and IRO, Rafael Japur. I'll now turn the floor to Gustavo Werneck to start the presentation.

Gustavo Werneck

Well, good day to everyone. I want to start by welcoming each of you to the video conference call to discuss Gerdau's results for the second quarter of 2022. I hope you're all well and healthy. I also want to welcome Renata, who recently joined Gerdau as our new IR manager. Renata -- well, she's sitting next to me -- I wish you a very successful and happy journey with us at Gerdau. Also participating in this presentation is our CFO, Rafael Japur.

And for the 3 of us, it is always a pleasure to talk to you about our performance and clarify possible doubts and questions that might arise during our presentation.

I'll start by talking about the international scenario. I'll mention the highlights of the overall results of the company, and then I will detail the performance of our business operations in Q2. Then Japur will share some information about our financial performance. Lastly, I will be back to highlight some points about our ESG agenda. At the end, we'll all be available to talk with you about any points that you would like us to elaborate in more detail.