Brazil-based steel producer Gerdau S.A. has announced an update its capital expenditure plans for 2026 that involves suspending earlier plans in Brazilian production while moving forward with capacity expansion at the firms’ recycled-content electric arc furnace (EAF) mill in Midlothian, Texas.

The majority of the capex spending put on hold in Brazil involved an earlier announced plan to expand rolling mill capacity at a facility in there.

The steelmaking and metals recycling firm, in a presentation made at an event for investors earlier this week, said it will continue to spend in Brazil on an iron ore mining project and for a metals recycling project in Pindamonhangaba, Brazil.

Gerdau says it will continue to invest in the United States next year, predominantly with a $51.5 million project that will expand capacity at the Midlothian EAF mill in the second half of 2026.